Coder Radio

379: Neckbeards Get Shaved

September 16th, 2020  |  56 mins 13 secs

apple hiring rust engineers, c++, coder radio, cross-platform application development, development podcast, hardest programming language to learn, jupiter broadcasting, memory safety, microsoft’s underwater data center, post-open source, rust, swift

Is it a Post-Open Source world now that the mega-clouds are here? We share our thoughts on this renewed idea.

378: Rust, Safe for Marketing

September 9th, 2020  |  56 mins 47 secs

c++ 20, c++ programming language, coder radio, development, fastapi, go, microsoft adopts rust, miguel de icaza, podcast, privacy nutrition labels, python, rust, small business, swift

A special friend of the show joins us to discuss C++ in 2020 and the growing adoption of Rust.

377: An Epic Underdog

September 2nd, 2020  |  54 mins 35 secs

30% cut, apple, appstore, coder radio, development podcast, device ownership, epic, fortnite, github, github behind the scenes, ios, jupiter broadcasting, large project upgrades, linux desktop, objective-rust, ruby 2.7, running a small business, small business stories, wordpress

GitHub just made a major behind-the-scenes upgrade, and we chew on some of the impressive details.

375: The Grey Havens

September 16th, 2019  |  33 mins 16 secs

.net, 7 languages in 7 weeks, apple, automation, bots, business, coder radio, computer science, containers, deployment, developer podcast, devops, docker, dotcloud, functional programming, getting started, iot, jupiter broadcasting, microsoft, mobile, mobile development, objective c, oop, open source, red hat, serverless, software consulting, swift

We say goodbye to the show by taking a look back at a few of our favorite moments and reflect on how much has changed in the past seven years.

374: Python's Long Tail

September 9th, 2019  |  33 mins 27 secs

app store, apple, clue, coder radio, developer podcast, dropbox, emulator, fuzzy finder, fzf, go, google, jupiter broadcasting, macos, perl, perl 6 microsoft, playstation, projectpsx, pry, python, python2, ruby, sherlock, static type checking, typescript, web development

As Python 2's demise draws near we reflect on Python's popularity, the growing adoption of static typing, and why the Python 3 transition took so long.

Plus Apple's audacious app store tactics, Google's troubles with Typescript, and more!

373: Interactive Investigations

September 2nd, 2019  |  37 mins

.net, advertising, appimage, application packaging, bpython, c#, clojure, coder radio, containers, developer podcast, docker, exploratory programming, f#, flatpak, formal methods, forth, homebrew, interactive development, jupiter broadcasting, litecli, macos, macros, memory safety, monkeypatching, npm, pry, python, rebel-readline, repl, ruby, rust, scripting languages, smalltalk, snapcraft, sql, sqlite, supporting open source

We debate the best way to package scripting language apps then explore interactive development and the importance of a good shell.

372: Crystal Clear

August 26th, 2019  |  54 mins 1 sec

7 languages, 7 languages challenge, 7 languages in 7 weeks, abc, abstraction, academia, breaking changes, coder radio, concurrency, crystal, cs, developer podcast, fibers, foss, green threads, intel, julia, jupiter broadcasting, macros, math, nil, null, null-safety, python, rails, rails 6, rust, safety, semver, software maintenance, static types, systems programming, tragedy of the commons

We're back and going crazy about Crystal, a statically typed language that's as fast as C and as slick as ruby.

371: Absurd Abstractions

August 19th, 2019  |  39 mins 22 secs

abstraction, activestorage, algebraic effects, api, coder radio, crystal, developer podcast, donald knuth, functional programming, interfaces, java, joel spolsky, jupiter broadcasting, knuth, leaky abstractions, minio, open source, protocol, rails, ruby, ruby on rails, s3, seven languages challenge, seven languages in seven weeks, type dispatch

It’s a Coder Radio special all about abstraction. What it is, why we need it, and what to do when it leaks.

370: F'ing #

August 12th, 2019  |  44 mins 4 secs

.net, 737, 737 max, aerospace, boeing, coder radio, concurrency, developer podcast, f#, functional programming, jupiter broadcasting, microsoft, ml, open source, pattern matching, ruby, rust, static types, topshell

Things get heated when it’s time for Wes to check-in on Mike’s functional favorite, F#, and share his journey exploring modern .NET on Linux.

369: Old Man Embraces Cloud

August 5th, 2019  |  49 mins 7 secs

advice, audio, audio technica, aws, browser extension, browser extension development, buildah, cgroups, chrome, cloud, coder radio, containers, developer podcast, docker, docker-compose, education, firefox, jack, jupiter broadcasting, learning new things, linux audio, microphone, namespaces, new technology, podman, red hat, scaling containers, security, staying fresh, sustainable development, tools, virtual machines, wisdom

Chris finally gets excited about Docker just as Wes tells him it’s time to learn something new.