Michael Dominick

Always Be Coding | CR 98

April 21st, 2014  |  1 hr 7 mins

Chris and Mike face the limitations of remote workers, and the challenges they’ve experienced. We take your live calls, and discuss the projects you're working on.

Why you should write code every day, the hard numbers about mobile games, and more!

Open Source, Closed Wallets | CR 97

April 14th, 2014  |  59 mins 5 secs

The Heartbleed bug has ignited a new round of open source doubters, but are the renewed concerns about the open source development model unfounded? And what can be done to avoid catastrophes like this in the future? We discuss.

MS Gadget 2.0 | CR 96

April 7th, 2014  |  59 mins 8 secs

Microsoft shocks the developer community by open sourcing some of their crown .Net jewels. Mike and Chris discuss the ramifications for Java, and the overall strategy Microsoft could be shifting too.

The Blame Game | CR 95

March 31st, 2014  |  1 hr 12 secs

Are your projects cursed with knowledge of the present? Mike and Chris discuss the tendency to blame the last guy, and in some cases even scapegoat the absent. And why its only human to see all the mistakes of those who came before you.

Paranoid Android Developers | CR 94

March 24th, 2014  |  59 mins 37 secs

Android growth is exploding, and showing no signs of slowing down… So why are big players still avoiding the platform? We’ll challenge some common misconceptions on why developers avoid Android.

Ruby off the Rails | CR 93

March 17th, 2014  |  59 mins 17 secs

The Rails community was blasted by a distinguished, and disgruntled member. But does his criticism hold up? And is there a larger problem at play here? Plus our thoughts on Amazon’s rumored new console, and a great batch of your feedback!

Persona Non Grata | CR 92

March 10th, 2014  |  49 mins 14 secs

We embrace Daylight saving time with a special call-in edition of Coder Radio. We discuss DRM, feedback, Mozilla’s Persona being put out to pasture and much more!

Your Database is Slow | CR 91

March 3rd, 2014  |  54 mins 14 secs

Oren Eini from Hibernating Rhinos joins us to discuss their “second generation” document database written in .NET. We have an insightful conversation about RavenDB, a flexible data model designed to address requirements coming from real-world systems.

Get Yourself Tested | CR 90

February 24th, 2014  |  57 mins 2 secs

Florian Motlik from Codeship joins us to discuss how Codeship’s hosted continuous integration and continuous deployment platform is bringing much needed relief.

The Cost of Comments | CR 89

February 17th, 2014  |  1 hr 15 mins

Responding to criticism for an open source project, or a closed commercial project can be a very tricky things. Mike and Chris share their thoughts on how you can properly set expectations and respond to negative feedback.

Paper Cuts Deep | CR 88

February 10th, 2014  |  1 hr 12 mins

Mike and Chris use the recent drama around Paper and Flappy Bird to have a wider discussion about the forces against Indie developers. And our reactions to the CEO change at Microsoft.

Plus some great feedback, and more!

Waning Windows | CR 87

February 3rd, 2014  |  1 hr 8 mins

Mike and Chris address a number of topics this week, from open source project’s properly communicating with the media, Google selling Motorola to Lenovo, and a debate about Microsoft’s rumored CEO choice.

Plus your feedback, and more!

Myth of Magic Methodology | CR 86

January 27th, 2014  |  1 hr 10 mins

Is the concept of a one sized fits all methodology getting tired? We revisit Agile in the dynamic client/developer relationship. Then how opening up your development plans to the community, even for commercial software, can be full of benefits & drawbacks

Backend Lockin | CR 85

January 20th, 2014  |  1 hr 7 mins

Back-end services are really helping developers focus on their core competency, but how quickly will you need to go outside the box? What about vendor lock-in?

Plus: A ton of great feedback, resisting the urge to hate change, and much more.

Ops vs Dev | CR 84

January 13th, 2014  |  1 hr 58 secs

The classic battle flairs up this week, and the guys discuss how an over controlling sysadmin can slow down an important project, and why that problem seems to be so much worse in business.

It’s Java’s Year | CR 83

January 6th, 2014  |  1 hr 3 mins

We’ll bust some java myths with Mark Heckler, a software engineer at Oracle. Plus the status of Duke, java on embedded systems, and what the future holds.

Plus your feedback and some of Mike’s 2014 bets.