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

  • Deploy Like an Animal | CR 138

    January 26th, 2015  |  46 mins 42 secs

    It’s a tip show edition of Coder Radio. Mike shares a great way to get some Heroku features without the bill.

    Plus the annoying honeymoon period, your feedback & more!

  • Monumental Android Failure | CR 137

    January 19th, 2015  |  49 mins 36 secs

    Well known developers have recently gone public with how much they make & where they make it from. Mike & Chris chew on the numbers & discuss the raw reality.

    Plus great feedback on Chris’ first development language & more!

  • Ruby is not Perl | CR 136

    January 12th, 2015  |  56 mins 53 secs

    Chris shares what’s prevented him from getting started with development & shares the three languages that are at the top of his list to try.

    Plus we get passionate after some feedback to the Mac Exodus topic & more!

  • Macs Exodus | CR 135

    January 5th, 2015  |  53 mins 46 secs

    Is the quality of Apple’s desktop and mobile software causing a slow bleeding of developers? Chris & Mike debate what developers will do over 2015.

    Plus we read some great follow up, feature a community project & more!

  • Fair And Balanced | CR 134

    December 29th, 2014  |  50 mins 56 secs

    Mike is fired up by a topic that has been on fire over all of 2014.

    Is it finally time to let the other 95% of great programmers in?

  • Best Of Coder Radio 2014 | CR 133

    December 22nd, 2014  |  1 hr 7 mins

    We peer into the past of the show to pull out the amazing clips you guys suggested to us and fondly remember how funny it is to listen to Chris get trolled. Sit back, relax & enjoy the fun in this look back at best of Coder Radio!

  • Git your Pizza | CR 132

    December 15th, 2014  |  58 mins 5 secs

    It’s the birth of ab open source project on this week’s Coder Radio. Plus it’s an open mic edition & we discuss a range of topics from Microsoft’s big mobile strategy that nobody is noticing, the best Linux dev environment, setting expectations & more!

  • Dock Your Rocket | CR 131

    December 8th, 2014  |  41 mins 29 secs

    Has Docker’s wild success caused it grow too big & too corporate? In light of the CoreOS Rocket announcement we reflect on the problem both projects needs to solve. Plus our plans to involve community around building an API for Jupiter Broadcasting & more

  • 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!