Chris Fisher

565: The Great Llama

April 10th, 2024  |  50 mins 11 secs

coder radio, developers, development podcast, gen z, google axion, google cloud next 2024, google vids, google workspace, llma3, meta, mike rowe, online jobs for teens, open-source, trade jobs, work-from-home stem jobs, workforce challenges

Why does Meta give away Llma for free? What's in it for them?

Plus, our thoughts on the data showing the trades are starting to see a boom, and new coding jobs are declining.

564: Re-Re-Rewrite it in Rust

April 3rd, 2024  |  46 mins 36 secs

amazon, apple vision pro, ar, c++, coder radio, collaboration, dash carts, developers, development podcast, ffmpeg, florida, google, house, iss trash, just walk out, microsoft teams, productivity, rails update, rust, spatial personas, xz

Microsoft wins the foot-in-mouth award this week, and Google gets the Rust religion - but Mike is skeptical.

563: Mike’s No Good Very Bad Rails Update

March 27th, 2024  |  57 mins 16 secs

3 body problem, ai, apple, apple developer, apple vision pro, asset pipeline, barbara fried, c++ interop, c++ successor, coder radio, developers, development podcast, esm, expensive elephant, feedback, github, google carbon, helix, huggingface, importmap-rails, iphon, lm studio, local llms, netflix, nostr, nvidia, rails, rcs support, sbf, sentencing submission, text editor, vanilla js, wwdc 2024, xr, youtube

Mike makes the case for just going vanilla, a look at Google Carbon, and then we address the expensive elephant in the room.

562: Apple Loses It's Shine

March 22nd, 2024  |  1 hr 8 mins

antitrust, app store, apple, carplay, cloud gaming, coder radio, competition, developer restrictions, developers, development podcast, digital wallets, doj, green bubbles, innovation, iphone, lawsuit, monopoly, payments, pricing, smartwatches, stock buybacks, streaming apps, super apps, user lock-in

The antitrust gloves are off as Apple’s legal brawl with Uncle Sam kicks into high gear. We dig through the documents and are surprised by a few things that seem off.

561: No CUDA for You!

March 13th, 2024  |  23 mins 50 secs

algebraic data types, brad neuberg, chinese gpu makers, coder radio, cuda, developers, development podcast, eula, immutable data, java, jeff bezos, linux, market share, meta, monopoly, nvidia, pengwin, record classes, rust, sealed interfaces, translation layers, zluda, zuck

NVIDIA locks CUDA down further, and we ponder what it might take to break their stranglehold on the market, Zuck's brilliant move that put an egg on his face, and we take a minute to appreciate new developments with Java.

560: Artificial Information

March 6th, 2024  |  50 mins 57 secs

ai plans, app store, coder radio, competition, developers, development podcast, digital music market, eu antitrust fine, european commission, gemini images ai model, macbook air m3 chip, sergey brin at google, spotify, technology news, victoria nuland

Apple is pissed, and we'll dig into why. Plus, there are some big hints at Apple's AI plans; Meta's had a rough morning, and Sergey Brin popped back up at Google and proceeded to blow it immediately.

559: Double Botched

February 28th, 2024  |  55 mins 23 secs

agi, alexandros, alphabet, andrzej janik, apple car, coder radio, debacles, developers, development podcast, discrimination, facts, florida man games, gemini-gate, generative ai, google ceo, google culture, google gemini roll out, google search, google's gemini ai, hip/rocm, human language prompts, internal culture, larry donnelly, learn to code, machine opinion, mark gurman, market value, market veteran, nate silver, nvidia ceo, nvidia optix, open-source ai models, programming languages, radeon gpus, relay race, resignation, rise of ai, rust programming language, samir arora, sundar pichai, sundar pichai step down, tech disasters, tesla, woke ai, zluda project

Why we're awe-struck by Google, and NVIDIA's CEO says no one needs to learn how to code anymore.

558: Big Zuck Energy

February 21st, 2024  |  47 mins 7 secs

ai innovations, alternative hardware, apple, babylon 5, commonwealth saga, cuda lock-in, dvd copy, fountain.fm sprint to scale, hbo's john adams, immersed team, meta headset wars, mike, mike's apple vision quest, pandora's star, raising cattle, scale, space: above and beyond, stereotypical dad, the borg remastered, visor, x-files, zuck rehab, zuckerberg

We embrace the dad bod lifestyle and find out if Apple's Vision Pro demo sold Mike, and Chris is picking up on what the Zuck is putting down.

557: Betting it all on Green

February 14th, 2024  |  45 mins 23 secs

ai chips, amazon, apple, c#, chat with rtx, chatbot, coder radio, custom llm, developers, development podcast, documents, eu, european commission, files, garry newman, gemini, generative ai, germany, gitlab, global gdp, global semiconductor industry, google, imessage, internet, local, market cap, memory, nvidia, openai, pc, sam altman, sheikh tahnoun, softbank, taiwan semiconductor, tesla, unethical, youtube, zoom call recordings

Why we think Nvidia has become one of the most valuable companies in the world, Sam's new "mind boggling" idea, and more.

556: Facial Computing

February 7th, 2024  |  38 mins 22 secs

active record async, apk sideload, apple ecosystem lockin, ar, coder radio, dev mode, developers, development podcast, digital me, discord, facial computing, firefox, immersed, immersed with linux, immersed with mac review, meta quest 3, meta quest remote display app, microsoft, nextcloud, pass-through, rails, side quest, slack, spatial computing, telegram, using quest for work, video calls, xbox

Chris tries out Spatial Computing using a $3,200 trick, and Mike has a Rails treat you won't want to miss.

555: It's Good to be the King

January 31st, 2024  |  57 mins 23 secs

ai safety, appstore, ar, biden, brainimplant, chipmaker, code, coder radio, commission, computer, control, defense, developers, development podcast, device, dma, elonmusk, eu, fees, github copilot, government, headset, human, iphone, microsoft, neuralink, paralysis, phone, privacy, quality, regulation, research, review, rules, sales, security, stephenhawking, subsidies, telepathy, tests, thirdparty, updates, veto, visionpro, vr, xbox

If you're going to come at the king, you better not miss; now it's Apple's turn to make everyone feel pain.

554: The App Store Addiction

January 24th, 2024  |  58 mins 24 secs

app compatibility, app-to-web payments, apple developers, apple's big brother, coder radio, developers, development podcast, dhh, free os updates, google, hack, job cuts, linux upgrades, macos sonoma, microsoft, microsoft senior leadership emails, russian hackers, software development, software security, solarwinds, third-party upgrades, vision pro

We knew they'd be petulant, but even our expectations were higher than this. We dig into how Apple dunked on devs after last week's show, yet another Microsoft hack, and more.

553: Fake AI Until You Make AI

January 17th, 2024  |  49 mins 31 secs

app store split, apple ai team, ces 2024 ai hype, companies with layoffs, discord, epic vs. apple final judgment, eu, post-holiday layoffs google, small business support group, smart bathroom tech, vision pro virtual keyboard

They are building AI into toilets now; CES was a clown show. But we put our business hats on and find the bright side.

552: iPad Friend Zone

January 10th, 2024  |  1 hr 10 mins

antitrust charges, app approval, app store rejections, apple approval, apple bullying tactics, apple ecosystem, apple rejection, apple vision pro, apple-fortnite dispute, biggest banks, bitcoin etf, blindspot, chatgpt valuation, coder qa crew, copyright infringement, department of justice, digital markets act, etf, failed negotiations, financial impact, free software project, hey calendar, hey calendar blog post, in-store experience, kangaroo court, limited quantity, liquid detection, macs, magna carta, marketing style guidelines, monkey jpgs, new york times lawsuit, openai and microsoft, personalized adjustments, preorders, price, pwa solution, sales start, tech bros, tech community history, the verge article, tim sweeney tweet, twitter threads, us stock market, usb-c ports, visionos

A prominent developer has brought the anti-trust heat against Apple to the public, kicking off a chain reaction that could have gone very wrong for Apple. Plus, why the Apple Vision Pro is destined for the Friend Zone.

551: The Workstation Lifestyle

January 3rd, 2024  |  44 mins 59 secs

adobe, amd ryzen threadripper, antitrust laws, apple, apple watch series 9, apple watch ultra 2, assassin's creed, beeper mini, blood oxygen feature, coder radio, cooking process, dell precision, developers, development podcast, dsa violations, elden ring, epic games, eu, figma acquisition, fortnite, hardware, humbling experience, imessage, justice department, mike's new machine, nvidia rtx a2000, patent dispute, presidential review period, real-time 3d graphics, red dead redemption, regulatory approval, remake, scylladb, the coder robe, tim sweeney, uk, unreal engine, unreal engine 5, us senators, x

Mike shares his adventures and process of coming from mobile app projects to working with Unreal Engine, and why he realized a laptop just wasn't going to cut it.

550: Buff Uncle Jeff

December 27th, 2023  |  51 mins 14 secs

advent calendars, ai training, anonymity, antitrust case, bat token, beeper, brave browser, cartridges, censoring, client fingerprints, coder robe, coding challenge, developers, development podcast, epic games, fat32, fxpak pro, google, krikzz, lfnw, linuxfest northwest, manipulation, microsd support, microsoft, oder radio, pasadena convention center, programmers, project measurement, puzzles, scale 21x, texas linux fest, tips, vivaldi browser, work and workflow changes

We reflect on how our work has changed over the last year and get some sage advice from buff Uncle Jeff.