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

  • 442: Touched by the Bar

    December 1st, 2021  |  47 mins 52 secs
    bumpr, clipboard manager, coder radio, development podcast, ditto, elgato stream deck, intel build time, junction for linux, linux virtual machine, m1 election performance, m1 max review, metal, parallels desktop 17, performance, python productivity tricks, sqlalchemy, vifo, virtio gpu, visual studio code for python

    Mike visits Pallet Town and comes back with some SQLAlchemy performance wisdom to share. Meanwhile, struggling with a lack of performance, Chris has kicked the tires of his new M1 Max MacBook Pro and is ready to share his counter-narrative take on the new hardware.

  • 441: Dependency Derby

    November 24th, 2021  |  45 mins 1 sec
    coder radio, development podcast, drew decault, fastapi on windows, pip, python, python packaging, ruby, rust core team, rust drama, rust moderator resignations, solid, unaccountability, web3, windows 11 development environment, wsl

    Are Linux devs getting upset with the Python community? We weigh in on a nuanced issue. Plus the mass-moderator resignation over at Rust, and Mike's thoughts on setting up a dev environment on Windows 11.

  • 440: Just Say No to M1

    November 17th, 2021  |  38 mins 26 secs
    app tracking transparency, apple buys google ads, apple search ads, apple services, att, blockchain, coder radio, development podcast, linux, pangolin, paradigm, pop os, ryzen, side-loading, system76, web3

    We get some spicy emails, dig into why Mike just picked up another Linux laptop, and then share our real thoughts on Web3.

  • 439: Github NoPilot

    November 10th, 2021  |  59 mins 13 secs
    .net 6, .net native aot, ahead of time compilation, arm64, azure, coder radio, craig federighi, development podcast, github ceo, github copilot, iphone malware, julia liuson, nat friedman, python, sideloading, single binary, thomas dohmke, vscode

    Microsoft has a bunch of new goodies for developers, but Mike is becoming more and more concerned about an insidious new feature.

  • 438: The Oppenheimer Problem

    November 3rd, 2021  |  55 mins 9 secs
    173-page unredacted filing, airplay to mac port 5000, apfs, async-ruby, coder radio, concurrency gem, concurrent-ruby, data volume, development podcast, fiberscheduler, firmlinked, gnome shell, google amp, immutable filesystem, inotch, jedi blue, low power mode, macos, monterey, project bernanke, project jedi, project nera, ruby async, ruby blocks, ruby fibers, sealed system volume, simplified boot volume, snapshot, terminal

    After a little async Ruby chat and developer morality struggle, Chris explains how macOS Monterey has lapped Linux with a critical workstation feature.

  • 437: Microsoft War Stories

    October 27th, 2021  |  48 mins 22 secs
    .net 6, .net 6 sdk, apple tech talks, c+, claire novotny, coder radio, css, development podcast, foundation, html, javascript, m1 max, m1 pro, microsoft, project reunion, python, son, typescript, universal windows platform, uwp, uwp deprecated, visual studio code for the web, vscode.dev, windows app sdk, wwdc is dead

    Chatting about the week's .NET news leads us into a blue-tinted tale of woe. When Microsoft taketh, they also giveth. But is it enough?

  • 436: The Diablo is in the Details

    October 20th, 2021  |  1 hr 6 mins
    apple mac event, coder radio, data loss, development podcast, diablo ii outage postmortem, django, facebook assassination, fastapi, flask, jetbrains, m1 max, m1 pro, numpy, promotion, pycharm, python developers survey, vs code

    Why mastering your development environment can be a tricky feat, and a server outage brought to you by the late 1990s.

  • 435: Ask Alice

    October 13th, 2021  |  59 mins 15 secs
    ai bot, alice, anti-steering, apple apeals epic, asahi linux, ask alice, asyncio, automation, c++, coder radio, data formats, development podcast, fastapi, learning python, m1 linux support, open podcasting, pyo3, rosetta stone, rust, twitch data leak, understanding python, universal data fluency, websockets

    Mike just launched the secret project he's been working on for months and shares all the details.

  • 434: Coding Gungan Style

    October 6th, 2021  |  44 mins 11 secs
    apple "unique arrangement" with netflix, coder radio, codex, development podcast, facebook, hermit programmers, hip hop vm, m1 update, middle-skilled developer, move fast, openai, prompt engineering, python 3.10, test suite effectiveness, types in python, vscode

    It's final push time on a big project for Mike, but Chris is the one who is exhausted. But we've got some new insights into testing and thoughts on an emerging category of developer.

  • 433: Falling for FastAPI

    September 29th, 2021  |  46 mins 57 secs
    apis with python, apple, coder radio, coder to developer, deirdre o'brien, development podcast, employee monitoring, fair pay, fastapi, ios focus, nfc tag, pay equity, pydantic, shortcut automation, sqlmodel, starlette, street coder book review, svp of retail and people, tim cook, typer, web framework

    Mike's falling in love with FastAPI and gives us a hint at the next project he's building.

  • 432: That Time We Stepped In It

    September 22nd, 2021  |  50 mins 26 secs
    apple slack, coder radio, colorado, development podcast, equal pay for equal work act, experimental os, fair pay, focus, ios 15, live text, microsoft, phone support, safe programming language, singularity

    We’ve really had a week, one of those makes ya feel old kinda weeks.

  • 431: Success is not Illegal

    September 15th, 2021  |  52 mins 5 secs
    a15, apple m1, apple vs epic, c++, california streaming reaction, coder radio, development podcast, employment law, facebook, gonzalez rogers, instagram is toxic, intellij, ipad mini, iphone 13, java, jdk 17, k-duo, labor relations, mobile game transactions market, pay discussions, promotion, prores, vscode, windows, wsl, wsl2

    The more you read into it, the worse it gets.

    At least we have new devices to keep us happy.

  • 430: Steamy PostgreSQL Shower

    September 8th, 2021  |  59 mins 57 secs
    #100daysofcode, apple delays csam, chip shortage, coder radio, coding challange, development podcast, intellisense, linux missed its window, privacy as a service, python, python in visual studio code, tsmc

    We are coming in hot, literally. It's a day of spicy takes.

  • 429: Apple Fools Everyone

    September 1st, 2021  |  34 mins 34 secs
    apple app store concessions, coder radio, developer manager, developer suit, development podcast, election day linux desktop contest, hagens berman, jr dev jobs, mad max, small developer assistance fund, small developers

    Recent reports would have you believe Apple has made significant concessions to developers. Don't be fooled! We read between the lines and break down what is and what is not changing.

  • 428: Epic's Receipts

    August 25th, 2021  |  52 mins 58 secs
    aws, c#, c++, coder radio, competitve profile of 3rd party apps, csam scanning, development podcast, insights into management, little snitch, lulu, macos, nsurlsessiond, project hug, rust, the effective manager, the unicorn project, “nsurlsession daemon”

    Things are worse than we ever thought, but that doesn't prevent us from taking a victory lap.

  • 427: Second-Class Desktop

    August 18th, 2021  |  39 mins 4 secs
    1password, coder radio, development podcast, electron, native apps, plasma vs gnome, stack overflow developer survey, steve troughton-smith, tips for a development manager, welcome to netscape

    Chris makes a big mistake on the road, and Mike drops some reality-based sage wisdom.