Michael Dominick

Get Back to the '50s | CR 130

December 1st, 2014  |  1 hr 4 mins

That tech worker “shortage” Facebook and Microsoft keep telling you about is bogus. We’ll go over the study and reports that back that claim up. Then we dig into the rather understandable reasons why developers wages are being pushed down & more!

Google's Objective C | CR 129

November 24th, 2014  |  1 hr 1 min

It’s a special roundtable edition of Coder Radio. Our panel discussed the advantages of Go development over PHP, creating a flat-file website with no database, and the real secret to finishing that last 10%. Plus google not using html5, iOS & more!

.NET’s Open Future | CR 128

November 17th, 2014  |  55 mins 45 secs

Microsoft made headlines and has generated a lot of buzz around the open sourcing of .NET. So what does the future hold & what changes now?

Plus some great feedback, how to find a developer, what to expect to pay & much more!

The Gorilla in the Stack | CR 127

November 10th, 2014  |  51 mins 31 secs

Mike and Chris respond to feedback on lackluster HTML5 apps, then how developers can leverage social media to stay up to date & avoid drama.

Then we blow apart the “Full Stack Developer” myth and the evolution of the term.

HTML5: Back To The Future | CR 126

November 3rd, 2014  |  53 mins 48 secs

Is the need to save money & time by developers forcing end users into less than acceptable application experiences? Have we all been oversold on HTML5?

Plus getting into QA, a cloud based IDE, some great feedback & much more!

Behind the Schemes | CR 125

October 27th, 2014  |  58 mins 23 secs

Mike and Chris & discuss their thoughts about the state of Coder Radio, some ideas to mix it up & request your input. Then we cover a support chat between an Android dev & the Google Play Dev Support manager that gives us insight into the address debacle.

Underwhelming Apple | CR 124

October 20th, 2014  |  1 hr 30 secs

We have a bunch of great feedback that keeps getting interrupted by Chris and Mike jumping into deep discussion about vendor lock in, Apple’s new hardware, balancing work and life & much more!

Coder Inquisition | CR 123

October 13th, 2014  |  45 mins 22 secs

Mike and Chris battle wits to expose the ridiculous nature of arguing about technology on the Internet. Plus our take on working on open source in your spare time, an update on teaching students to code & a software pick that will make you hungry!

A Cult of Personality Tests | CR 122

October 6th, 2014  |  47 mins 58 secs

Mike and Chris discuss what to do when a client or employer requests you take a personality test. The reasons Microsoft is calling the next version of Windows 10, the recent cases of community going sour & the lessons learned for developers

Doxing Developers | CR 121

September 29th, 2014  |  50 mins 43 secs

Google is requiring debs to submit their physical address, and the Apple community has outed the manager behind the botched iOS 8.0.1 update. Are we seeing a dangerous threat or just a frantic response? Plus great questions, when to lawyer up & much more!

Xamarin Sham | CR 120

September 22nd, 2014  |  46 mins 3 secs

Developers all over the web are chiming in on the short comings (or lack there of) of Xamarin’s tools. Have developers been sold a hope and a lie?

Plus why Android continues to come in second for developers, your feedback & more!

Notch Escapes | Coder Radio 119

September 15th, 2014  |  45 mins 2 secs

Did Microsoft buying Mojang come around because Notch was burned out? Is the problem systemic to independent developers who just love to code?

Plus we respond to your strong feedback regarding privacy & much more!

Privacy is a Myth | CR 118

September 8th, 2014  |  48 mins 58 secs

The debate over whose responsibility it is to protect your cloud data heats up, we discuss how to get your confidence back & some Vala feedback.

Plus the recent Markdown drama, the systemd hater club & much more!

Fools Aren't Protected | CR 117

September 2nd, 2014  |  59 mins 20 secs

We take live calls, and discuss why .Net rules a Linux Admins life, learning OOP. Then, in light of the recent celebrity photo hacks, do developers have a moral obligation to protect the uninformed public?

DOM Be Gone | CR 116

August 25th, 2014  |  41 mins 41 secs

Mike and Chris follow up on the TypeScript and JavaScript discussion from last week after a lot of you jumped to the defense of JavaScript. Plus we discuss why the phrase “work-life-balance” feels cheap & how each of us have to figure it out for ourselves

The Scripting Chronicles | CR 115

August 18th, 2014  |  43 mins 44 secs

Where does TypeScript fit in, and are the many criticisms lobbied at it legitimate? We discuss the state of scripting, and the new dark pragmatism that seems to be setting in.

Plus picking your ideal client, package managers for Windows and Mac & more!