Coder Radio

Evolving Software Development | CR 279

October 17th, 2017  |  55 mins 20 secs

Kotlin seems to have a very strong future on Android & Mike and Chris debate the hype vs reality. Plus Mike review’s his new Galago Pro.

Then the guys get rather excited by an astute breakdown of developer workflow breakdowns & more!

A New Kit for Home | CR 278

October 9th, 2017  |  50 mins 19 secs

After a ninja dance though some “Coder Hoopla” Chris has a go at convincing Mike he might be missing the next big app goldmine.

Elixir of My Soul | CR 277

October 7th, 2017  |  1 hr 17 mins

Wes is back to talk politics and Node.js. Plus, we discuss the purity of native development & the merits of the Web. Then Mike's got some top IT automation tips for managers, we explore concurrency, distributed systems & Elixir's secret sauce.

Bite of the AR Apple | CR 276

October 5th, 2017  |  1 hr 6 mins

Wes joins Mike to chat all things Apple. We discuss the surprising implications of the iPhone X & the exciting possibilities of ARKit. Plus, we debate FaceID and APFS, check in on HomeKit & search for the right level of abstraction for UI development.

Reacting To React | CR 275

September 29th, 2017  |  55 mins 24 secs

While Chris is away Wes joins Mike to chat FOSS Burnout & the dark side of open source communities. Plus, we continue to react to React's recent license change, debate about the Virtual DOM & explain why React Native's license might be more important.

No Love for Open Source | CR 274

September 18th, 2017  |  36 mins 46 secs

What’s really the root cause of open source developer burnout? Plus an honest chat about Electron’s bad parts & Mike finally reveals his master plan.

It’s a Coder quickie this week, with Mike back in Florida there is much to be done.

A Hurricane of Feedback | CR 273

September 11th, 2017  |  35 mins 38 secs

Mike takes refuge from Irma to respond to audience feedback & share some thoughts on future plans.

Chris has some thoughts on hardware that will help you get more work done & neither of us are worrying about Bash on Windows.

The State of Stateless | CR 272

August 31st, 2017  |  1 hr 4 mins

Mike & Chris discuss the types of workloads that better suit Serverless Architecture systems like Lambda & when you should roll a server.

Plus Mike has major hardware woes, makes a surprising move on air & Chris is left pontificating on the future of AR.

The Future is Serverless | CR 271

August 28th, 2017  |  57 mins 11 secs

The serverless revolution is nigh, we discuss AWS Lambda and Azure Functions, rebuilding jbot, basing the business computers around Pop!_OS & more!

Daily Stand Up Myth | CR 270

August 17th, 2017  |  49 mins 1 sec

Mike busts the myth of the daily standup meeting & tracks it to its origins. Then we play a little defense for Electron, share the mind of a PMO & wax on about TypeScript. Plus a little taste of Mike’s busy week, an update on Alice & Chris’ upcoming trip.

Clustered Pi | CR 269

August 10th, 2017  |  37 mins 55 secs

A special guest and creator of PiCluster joins us to discuss the open source Docker cluster management project. We’ll dig into the tecg they use and what it's all built on, what they love working with, some of our personal projects that are brewing & more

Ask Alice | CR 268

August 3rd, 2017  |  51 mins 53 secs

Mike has a huge announcement towards the end of the show. Leading up to it we discuss the case against Kotlin, the next tech after Flash to die & the obvious reason Bots are going to be big.

Skills to Pay the Bills | CR 267

July 27th, 2017  |  48 mins 16 secs

We solve some problems, and then go down the rat hole of self hacking to increase work, productivity & our health.

Then we gleefully watch as Coding Bootcamps begin to collapse. Plus Mike shares some straightforward code that solved an annoying problem

Mike the Botter | CR 266

July 20th, 2017  |  1 hr 11 mins

Wes sits down with Mike to talk about Starbucks not-so-secret API, the state of the developer ecosystem & difficult challenges faced by FOSS vendors in the medical field.

Plus some fantastic feedback, Mike's true feelings about Swift & a whole lot more!

Rented Windows Theory | CR 265

July 13th, 2017  |  53 mins 3 secs

Microsoft slips a little Windows 10 into your Office365 & we discuss the huge shift they just pulled off, plus a little real talk about growing pains and doldrums & the pains of over building a system.

Plus your feedback & much more!

Toxic Licensing | CR 264

July 6th, 2017  |  1 hr 4 mins

Mike updates on spinning up his business in Florida, we debate limiting the use of the GPL & we try to understand the recent System76 Pop!_OS news.

Plus the industry is going all in on AI & Mike discusses the huge potential issue that could be facing.