Coder Radio

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 28th, 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!

A Cult of Personality Tests | CR 122

October 6th, 2014  |  47 mins 58 secs

Mike and Chris discuss what to do when a client or employer requests you take a personality test. The reasons Microsoft is calling the next version of Windows 10, the recent cases of community going sour & the lessons learned for developers

Doxing Developers | CR 121

September 29th, 2014  |  50 mins 43 secs

Google is requiring debs to submit their physical address, and the Apple community has outed the manager behind the botched iOS 8.0.1 update. Are we seeing a dangerous threat or just a frantic response? Plus great questions, when to lawyer up & much more!