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

  • 488: Code Laundering

    October 19th, 2022  |  49 mins 14 secs
    alberta, coder radio, copilot, development podcast, github, github actions, metaverse retnetion, microsoft certified systems engineer, nextcloud, public code, québec, software engineer, source code laundering, velcro patches

    We debate if GitHub's Copilot enables automated code laundering after a developer makes a startling discovery. Then we dispense some seriously old-school wisdom.

  • 487: Casual Coders

    October 12th, 2022  |  59 mins 6 secs
    3d media, android roms, coder radio, development podcast, jason calacanis, leaked messages, misinformation, musk, paypal, return-to-office mandate, twitter, vr, watch

    Elon Musk's leaked messages reveal how tech CEOs think and talk about their employees, and we dig in.

  • 486: The Fight for the Next Knight Rider

    October 5th, 2022  |  49 mins 13 secs
    andorid auto, android automotive, calyxos, carplay, coder radio, dev one, development podcast, flastseal, flatpak, grapheneos, infotainment, killed by google, onlive, oryx pro, permisions, qnx, sega channel, stadia, volvocar os, vscode

    Why we think Google will ultimately lose the next big tech battle.

  • 485: Going All In on Linux

    September 28th, 2022  |  51 mins 3 secs
    30 day challenge, benchmarks, coder radio, development podcast, electron, fleet, heat, kotlin, pine64 scam, pop, pwa, system76, thelio 2022 redesign, thelio review, vscode, web apps, webassembly

    Mike has spent just over a month living in Linux full-time, and Chris wants to check in and see how he’s doing. Plus we both have the new Thelio from System76 in-house, and our takeaways might surprise you.

  • 484: I Wanted to be a Hipster

    September 21st, 2022  |  40 mins 55 secs
    app prototype, best text editor, coder radio, collaborative editing, development podcast, figma, fleet, ide, instacart, ipo, jetbrains, open source, uniform lifestyle, user feedback, visual studio live share, vscode vs fleet

    Mike's first look at a built from scratch yet to be released IDE. And we cook up a little Adobe-flavored bacon.

  • 483: Objective D

    September 14th, 2022  |  43 mins 16 secs
    app intents, apple, arkit 6, carplay, coder radio, csam, customize lock screen, development podcast, drones, gps, grapheneos, ios 16, iphone 14, kinesis freestyle pro, mechanical keyboard, microsoft, paywithmoon, red hat, rhel, rsi, uniform lifestyle, weatherkit, widgetkit, windows on linux kernel, wsl

    To our surprise, Apple gave developers a treat this week and continues to search for the ultimate productivity hack.

  • 482: Building Your Light Saber

    September 7th, 2022  |  1 hr 31 secs
    agile, coder radio, developer process, development podcast, github actions, hugo, iphone overtakes android, launch keyboard, linux, python, rsi, system76, toolchain, uniform lifestyle, uniforms, xcode cloud

    We look back at how tools, processes, and developer trends have changed over nearly ten years of the show.

  • 481: Apple's Metal Tax

    August 31st, 2022  |  1 hr 4 mins
    apple event, ar, coder radio, dark mater users, dark matter developer, development podcast, google photo monitoring, google photos, ipad os, iphone 14, memberships, php, reality one, silent majority, silent user, subscriptions, twitch, vr, windows with linux kernel

    Why Metal might be one of the biggest strategy taxes of the Apple platforms. Plus a thought-provoking appeal to Dark Matter Developers.

  • 480: Google's 1984 Moment

    August 24th, 2022  |  1 hr 16 mins
    .net 7, android get the message, appflow, coder radio, cordova, csam, cybertipline, development podcast, google, ionic, ionic portals, maui, minimal api, pixelmator, rcs, remote work, subscription fatigue, tcg tampa, the orville

    We're spooked to learn how one man's life has been turned upside down just because he used Google Photos.

  • 479: Apple's Mob Move

    August 17th, 2022  |  55 mins 18 secs
    ads in maps, app store, att, cameras on, chromium, coder radio, development podcast, discord, discovery, elctron rce, electron's critical flaw, electronjs, element, emoji, facebook ad cut, framework, guidelines, orville, slack, tabs or spaces, teams, telegram, workplace tracking, xss

    New leaks reveal how hollow Apple's claims of fighting for user privacy are. We discuss their scheme to monetize the downturn.

  • 478: Strange New Workflows

    August 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 15 mins
    alphabet, clojure, coder radio, culture, development podcast, elisp, emacs, gitlab self-hosting, gittea, google, java, lenovo, linux market, linux platforms, lisp, lua, macos problems, macro environment, malcolm gladwell, mark pearson, minecraft 1.19.1, mojang studios, pichai, player reporting, simplicity sprint, vim

    Why we think Malcolm Gladwell is wrong about remote work, and the complicated answer to a simple question.

  • 477: Sweet Little Lies

    August 3rd, 2022  |  55 mins 4 secs
    apple, apple migration assistant, ci/cd, clojure, coder radio, decentralized internet, development podcast, infrastructure automation, luminus, macos, open source licenses to avoid, rails, researchkit, secrets of a successful software engineer, semantic web, wsl

    We debate the lies our tool makers tell us, if Clojure has a Rails-sized hole, and the secrets of a successful software engineer.

  • 476: Tapping the Breaks

    July 27th, 2022  |  51 mins 27 secs
    apple, apple silicon, ars, bbedit, cisco, coder radio, dart, development podcast, flutter, google, gruber, hiring slowdown, inconvenient truth, kotlin, macbook, microsoft, netflix subscrition button, pausing hiring, reviews, swift, tech lay-offs, textmate, vim, wirecutter

    We're looking at the big picture and, surprisingly, seeing a lot of possibilities.

  • 475: I Do Declare

    July 20th, 2022  |  59 mins 58 secs
    coder radio, declarative ui, development podcast, flutter, full-functioned ui entity, neovim, pure linux desktop, react native, solarwinds, swiftui, tech media, tech news, wsl, zsh plugins

    Mike's ready to make a case for Declarative UI, and Chris pulls back the curtain to reveal a spicy take.

  • 474: Horton Hears a Linux User

    July 13th, 2022  |  48 mins 55 secs
    ads on the lockscreen, alacrity, android, apple fatal flaw, azure, china, coder radio, copoilt, development podcast, github, glance, konsole, lennart poettering, microsoft, sfc, software freedom conservancy, systemd, vscodium, warp, west coast meetup, windows app store

    Why we feel recent attacks by the Software Freedom Conservancy against Microsoft are costing the SFC serious credibility.

  • 473: Laptop Coasters

    July 6th, 2022  |  55 mins 48 secs
    api samples, calagator, coder radio, color picker, copilot review, development podcast, independent developer, junction, linux toolchain, meld, postman, tabby, visual studio code, vscode

    Mike's Linux Toolchain for 2022, and his first week with CoPilot. Then we chat about the series of choices that led us to go independent so many years ago.