Coder Radio

A weekly talk show

About the show

A weekly talk show taking a pragmatic look at the art and business of Software Development and the world of technology.

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Episodes

  • 464: Our Cuban Car Moment

    May 4th, 2022  |  51 mins 37 secs
    chip shortage, coder radio, cuban cars, cycle of centralization, development podcast, discovery, intel ceo, linux foundation platinum membership, mozilla, outdated apps, pat gelsinger, star trek, star wars, supply chain, telegram premium

    Mike shares a tale involving a comedy of errors, and we ponder a new reusable culture around tech.

  • 463: You Git What You Pay For

    April 27th, 2022  |  42 mins 47 secs
    5 users, android api, app store, coder radio, development podcast, elon buys twitter, free accounts, gentoo, gentoo challenge, gitlab, google play, musk, protopop, saas, virtual office, vr update

    Mike battles the onslaught of yet another bout with the plague. At the same time, we react live to Elon buying Twitter, Gitlab kicking off some free accounts, and we discover Google and Apple are working together again to pull the rug on app developers.

  • 462: Account Suspenders

    April 20th, 2022  |  51 mins 54 secs
    47.5%, agile silicon, amazon, brasilia, coder radio, development podcast, encodya, horizon, jack dorsey, macos, meta, metaverse commission, moxie marlinspike, rdp, sell virtual items, tech platforms, tesla, ubuntu 22.04, web3

    We get a bit gleeful over some choice tech monopoly hypocrisy and then spicy with our 18-month outlook.

  • 461: Easy for Schmidt to Say

    April 13th, 2022  |  37 mins 35 secs
    app store, apple, big tech, brew, coder radio, developer tooling, development podcast, elon musk, eric schmidt, fig, icloud, ide, ios, iterm, kubernetes, max howell, nextcloud, raspberry pi, remote work, return to the office, rust, tea, terminal, vscode, warp

    We revel in the hypocrisy of big tech, share a few stories, and catch up with an old friend.

  • 460: Request Out of Time

    April 6th, 2022  |  59 mins
    android, are apis copyrightable, coder radio, copyright api, development podcast, gnome, google, java api, libadwaita, oracle, supreme court, wwdc

    We crack open the time capsule and see how our spicy takes hold up.

  • 459: Revolution in Review

    March 30th, 2022  |  57 mins 58 secs
    bespoke tokens, bitcoin, blockchain, cardano, coder radio, computation layer, cryptocurrency, defi, developer portal, development podcast, dotcom bubble, eric s. raymond, ethereum, haskell, nix on macos, peer-to-peer, revolution os, sidechains, smart contract, solana sdk, tim cook, via linux, web3

    We just watched Revolution OS before the show, so we reflect on the audacity of their vision and the new revolution we see brewing.

  • 458: No Sideloading in this House

    March 23rd, 2022  |  58 mins 42 secs
    boosts, coder radio, consolidation in podcasting, development podcast, digital asset sanctions compliance enhancement act, digital markets act, eu sideloading bill, hp elite folio, hybrid work, icloud outage, mac studio, matrix, nixos on linode, rcs, sanctioned person, sanctions, senator warren, sideloading, ssd install, weaponisation of open source, windows 11 arm

    Apple enters full panic mode over sideloading, and our plan to push back against industry-wide consolidation kicks off.

  • 457: Rich Clownshow Services

    March 16th, 2022  |  57 mins 44 secs
    accessibility, android, apple, at&t, coder radio, coding, development podcast, firefox removed yandex, github, google, lifestyle business, mail.ru, microsoft, miguel de icaza, nat friedman, proton, rcs, return to office mandates, update distribution config, wine, xamarin

    Our take on big tech's return to office, AT&T's RCS boondoggle, and the concerning territory tech is racing towards.

  • 456: Linux CEO

    March 9th, 2022  |  58 mins 37 secs
    coder radio, data breach, development podcast, fusion 360, john carmack, lapsus$, leaks, meetup, microsoft flight simulator cloud, nvidia, open source demand, project handoff, proton, ransomware, roblox hack, russia to legalize software piracy, samsung, source code, win32, xbox api

    We revisit one of the core theses of the show and expand on it in a new way, leading us to ponder just what a wild ride the next eight years are going to be.

  • 455: One Revision Away

    March 2nd, 2022  |  50 mins 22 secs
    activision blizzard, bobby kotick, ceo payout, coder radio, development podcast, golden parachute, libc, meta, microsoft, nft, nfts, oculus quest 2, simulavr, steam runtime, valve, vr development, windows abi, wine

    Mike and Chris eat some crow as they change their tune on a recent spicy take.

  • 454: No Quest for the Wicked

    February 23rd, 2022  |  45 mins 42 secs
    apple, bionic eyes, chris lattner, coder radio, coinbase, development podcast, google, immersed, meta, microsoft account, nissan radio bug, oculus quest, pro, swift toxic environment, warm desk pads, windows 11

    Mike has some huge news and busted wifi, Chris spent a weekend in the Metaverse, and why Microsoft has us both upset.

  • 453: International Boomer Marooners

    February 16th, 2022  |  48 mins 38 secs
    .net framework, accenture, activision blizzard, app store principles, client maintenance, coder radio, development podcast, dinobabies, epic lawsuit, f#, ibm younger work force, java embeded, mazda, microsoft, mono, npr, open app markets act, radio, sun microsystems, windows app store

    After reminiscing about .Net's 20th birthday, Mike and Chris air IBM's hypocritically dirty laundry and marvel at Microsoft's 3D chess moves.

  • 452: Shockingly Pragmatic

    February 9th, 2022  |  54 mins 19 secs
    27% commission, android, apple, c++ interoperability, coder radio, development podcast, faceboot, imessage reactions, metaverse, netherlands, python, stadia, steam deck, swift, user hostile, workgroup, xbox, xbox cloud gaming

    Mike makes a shocking admission, and Chris wishes he had a time machine.

  • 451: The Trouble with Tablets

    February 2nd, 2022  |  47 mins 54 secs
    #freefortnite, android 12l, android tablets, apple, coder radio, court of appeals, development podcast, epic’s appeal, free software funding, hero apps, ink first, microsoft, microsoft cold war, monolpy, ruby vs. c++, samsung 2021

    Microsoft's cold war with Apple is revealed in court filings this week, and Google thinks they've got the next hit on their hands, which sounds a lot like the old hit.

  • 450: MetaWave

    January 26th, 2022  |  46 mins 53 secs
    activision blizzard, bobby kotick, candy crush, coder radio, development podcast, duane o’brien, faker.js, game pass, game streaming, github, king, marak, microsoft, open collective, phil spencer, satya nadella, the netherlands fines apple, why activision blizzard did the deal with microsoft, xbox

    The audience hits us in the face with some hard truths, and then we dig into Microsoft's fox-like moves to snatch up Activision Blizzard on "the cheap."

  • 449: Monetized Misery

    January 19th, 2022  |  48 mins 48 secs
    apple, apple headset, ar, coder radio, development podcast, fleet, green bubble shame, iap, ide, imessage for android, jetbrains, linux, m1, meta, metaverse, netherlands, pop, python, self-hosting for small business, south korea, tabby, vscode, web3

    Emboldened by his success, Mike takes a victory lap. Little does he know it's all virtual.