Coder Radio

Rusty Support | CR 222

September 12th, 2016  |  54 mins 11 secs

The world's most egregious gadget sin is committed, why Mike still wants Star Trek gadgets, a Rust divorce, learning the fragile state of state & more!

Bag of jQuery | CR 221

September 5th, 2016  |  1 hr 8 mins

The guys daydream about making the perfect developer platform & grouse about Mike’s new Note getting recalled.

Plus our speculation about the September 7th Apple event, what old unmaintained code says about you, clearing the air on Angular v2 & more!

Docker Dumpster Fire | CR 220

August 29th, 2016  |  57 mins 6 secs

Docker quality appears to be getting worse, Mike & Chris analyze the mystery of Docker’s decline & likely causes.

Plus we discuss the possibility of an AI monopoly, moving fasting & looking for a web-framework matchmaker.

Dollar Store Quality | CR 219

August 22nd, 2016  |  50 mins 27 secs

Mike and Chris share their experiences with selling yourself just enough to get your foot in the door. Is productizing yourself and your work is worth feeling a little slimy?

Plus Microsoft’s move in open sourcing PowerShell, the fixed bid scam & more!

Agile Scapegoat | CR 218

August 15th, 2016  |  1 hr 11 mins

Fresh off new Agile courses Mike shares what he feels might be his core problems with Agile software development. Our thoughts on software quality in general, the big slack problem & more!

Botpocalypse Now | CR 217

August 8th, 2016  |  1 hr 8 mins

Special guest Ryan Sipes from Mycroft joins us to discuss his projects & fulfilling the mission of an open source project.

Plus our thoughts on the bot revolution, the “Internet of APIs” it depends on & the shift that bots could cause in the industry.

Mismatch Patterns in Productivity | CR 216

August 1st, 2016  |  38 mins 7 secs

Mike & Chris rip up the thinking behind iPad-only is the new desktop Linux mantra, discuss the date of LaunchKit, announce a new coding challenge & much more!

Real Life on the Ratel | CR 215

July 25th, 2016  |  51 mins 6 secs

Mike shares his recent Linux switch experience & why he thinks it might stick this time. We chew on Verizon buying Yahoo & the grief Marissa Mayer is getting.

Plus we congratulate the winner of last week’s challenge & announce the next one!

Make Coding Great Again | CR 214

July 18th, 2016  |  52 mins 33 secs

Mike reflects on some critical feedback, shares impressions of his new Linux PC, we announce the new Coding Challenge & more!

PokéCode | CR 213

July 11th, 2016  |  1 hr 4 mins

Nintendo has a hit on their hands, is this a game changer for the company? Mike & Chris discuss the big picture ramifications of Pokémon GO.

Plus beer brewed by bots, our thoughts on Java EE, Spring Boot & getting PHP to really do what you want.

Derailing Java | CR 212

July 4th, 2016  |  1 hr 9 mins

This week Noah steps in to host while Chris is out and cover Rails 5, Oracle’s suspicious silence around Java EE, talk about mike’s latest linux adventure, give some freelancing advice & more!

Ai Theater | CR 211

June 27th, 2016  |  55 mins 49 secs

What is Machine Learning? How are companies & developers using it? We discuss that, the major approaches in the market & Apple’s use of Differential Privacy.

Plus Mike’s new Linux desktop, some feedback & a lot more!

Productivity Theater | CR 210

June 21st, 2016  |  47 mins 54 secs

It’s death by a thousand scrums this week & then admit there may be some value in frequent project communication.

Then we start the machine learning discussion, talk a little Android N & more!

WWDC Hypercap | CR 209

June 13th, 2016  |  1 hr 7 mins

We start with some developer news of the week, then dig into the best bits from WWDC.

Plus Mike shares his thoughts on some new hardware & the guys discuss the mystery of differential privacy.

Fair-use Frustrations | CR 208

June 6th, 2016  |  45 mins 33 secs

Mike & Chris have very different opinions on how interview tests should be conducted. Plus the real reasons to develop software on Linux are not the ones often cited, bit more on Google’s fair use & the master plan to get Mike to move to the west coast.

AGILE: Too Big to Fail | CR 207

May 30th, 2016  |  1 hr 35 mins

Mike shares a humbling war story, the great “Android Instant App Conspiracy”, the announcement that destroyed the .Net ecosystem & the poverty trap of software development.

Plus some closing thoughts on Google vs Oracle, a neat tool of the week & more!