Coder Radio

Daily Stand Up Myth | CR 270

August 17th, 2017  |  49 mins 1 sec

Mike busts the myth of the daily standup meeting & tracks it to its origins. Then we play a little defense for Electron, share the mind of a PMO & wax on about TypeScript. Plus a little taste of Mike’s busy week, an update on Alice & Chris’ upcoming trip.

Clustered Pi | CR 269

August 10th, 2017  |  37 mins 55 secs

A special guest and creator of PiCluster joins us to discuss the open source Docker cluster management project. We’ll dig into the tecg they use and what it's all built on, what they love working with, some of our personal projects that are brewing & more

Ask Alice | CR 268

August 3rd, 2017  |  51 mins 53 secs

Mike has a huge announcement towards the end of the show. Leading up to it we discuss the case against Kotlin, the next tech after Flash to die & the obvious reason Bots are going to be big.

Skills to Pay the Bills | CR 267

July 27th, 2017  |  48 mins 16 secs

We solve some problems, and then go down the rat hole of self hacking to increase work, productivity & our health.

Then we gleefully watch as Coding Bootcamps begin to collapse. Plus Mike shares some straightforward code that solved an annoying problem

Mike the Botter | CR 266

July 20th, 2017  |  1 hr 11 mins

Wes sits down with Mike to talk about Starbucks not-so-secret API, the state of the developer ecosystem & difficult challenges faced by FOSS vendors in the medical field.

Plus some fantastic feedback, Mike's true feelings about Swift & a whole lot more!

Rented Windows Theory | CR 265

July 13th, 2017  |  53 mins 3 secs

Microsoft slips a little Windows 10 into your Office365 & we discuss the huge shift they just pulled off, plus a little real talk about growing pains and doldrums & the pains of over building a system.

Plus your feedback & much more!

Toxic Licensing | CR 264

July 6th, 2017  |  1 hr 4 mins

Mike updates on spinning up his business in Florida, we debate limiting the use of the GPL & we try to understand the recent System76 Pop!_OS news.

Plus the industry is going all in on AI & Mike discusses the huge potential issue that could be facing.

The Guilty Bug | CR 263

June 30th, 2017  |  57 mins 11 secs

We ponder the ethical dilemma of a developer who has replaced himself with a bot, debate the possibility of ever making money from bots & have some tough love for Apple.
Plus discuss System76’s new Pop!_OS & Mike’s adventures in Florida.

Summer of GitHub | CR 262

June 22nd, 2017  |  50 mins 53 secs

We discuss the week’s developer hoopla & the beard joins us to share his insights. It's a fun episode with a range of topics, including the recent rush to GitHub by a number of open source projects.

Basic Bot | CR 261

June 15th, 2017  |  47 mins 34 secs

Mike shares some insights into building bots & a little sample code to get you started. Plus we discuss the week’s developer news & spend a bit of time on feedback.

The WWDC17 Episode | CR 260

June 8th, 2017  |  1 hr 11 mins

After Mike gets a few things off his chest, we dive into the most developer relevant announcements & news from Apple’s WWDC 2017.

Hi-Tech Lady Tubes | CR 259

June 1st, 2017  |  56 mins 42 secs

The open source model has won, we discuss the impact that’s having on the development industry. Plus Swift gets a little more interesting, & Chris is ready for his lady in a tube!

Bad Process SIGKILLs | CR 258

May 25th, 2017  |  1 hr 4 mins

The “process manager from hell” is driving our listener crazy! Then we discuss the slow demolition of the culture of youth taking place in tech.

Plus Microsoft’s huge Git commit, Quick Designer in Qt Creator 4.3 & some follow up on Kotlin.

Kotlin, Swiftly | CR 257

May 19th, 2017  |  1 hr 2 mins

Mike argues you should go hybrid today & end up progressive tomorrow. The Docker reality & why Swift is a bit like Kotlin.

Speaking of Kotlin we chat a bit about the Google I/O news, Project Treble, Xamarin’s Live Player & Mike’s new rig.

Legalize Math | CR 256

May 8th, 2017  |  51 mins 24 secs

Getting fined for doing math without a license, Windows 10 S goes app store only, a Coder community project goes into production & Chris learns a hard lesson about his tools!

Moby’s Logs | CR 255

May 1st, 2017  |  44 mins 47 secs

After digging into some rather tempting Hoopla, Mike shares his clever solution to one of Docker’s bigger problems & manages to motivate Chris into trying it out during the show.

Plus thoughts on continuing your coding education & more!