Coder Radio

561: No CUDA for You!

March 13th, 2024  |  23 mins 50 secs

algebraic data types, brad neuberg, chinese gpu makers, coder radio, cuda, developers, development podcast, eula, immutable data, java, jeff bezos, linux, market share, meta, monopoly, nvidia, pengwin, record classes, rust, sealed interfaces, translation layers, zluda, zuck

NVIDIA locks CUDA down further, and we ponder what it might take to break their stranglehold on the market, Zuck's brilliant move that put an egg on his face, and we take a minute to appreciate new developments with Java.

489: Luther Curious

October 26th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins

antipatters, coder radio, development podcast, electronics engineer, engineers, java, layoffs, mats järlström, meta, microsoft, oregon engineering board, oregon state board of examiners, rates, resume, software engineer, software estimates, traffic camera, xcheck, xcode, zuck season, zuckerberg

One of the most challenging aspects of being an independent developer, and our thoughts on Microsoft's recent bad news.

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.

472: Drunken Copilot

June 29th, 2022  |  53 mins 17 secs

.net, ai programming, assistance tool, avatar store, coder radio, covid, derivative work, development podcast, github copilot, hp dev one, java, meta fashion, minecraft, pokémon, postgresql, python, small business, travel

Mike just signed up for a year of GitHub Copilot and Chris tries to understand why. Then we catch each other up on some recent surprises.

431: Success is not Illegal

September 15th, 2021  |  52 mins 5 secs

a15, apple m1, apple vs epic, c++, california streaming reaction, coder radio, development podcast, employment law, facebook, gonzalez rogers, instagram is toxic, intellij, ipad mini, iphone 13, java, jdk 17, k-duo, labor relations, mobile game transactions market, pay discussions, promotion, prores, vscode, windows, wsl, wsl2

The more you read into it, the worse it gets.

At least we have new devices to keep us happy.

407: Halls of Glowing Apples

March 31st, 2021  |  55 mins 35 secs

.net, bastien nocera, bert belder, chip shortage, clojure, coder radio, deno, development podcast, gnome 40, gplv2, java, jupiter broadcasting, linux, m1, mime types database, mimemagic, mit license, node.js, ruby on rails, rubygems, ryan dahl, shared-mime-info, supply chain, web development

Ruby has gone off the rails this week, and Wes is here to explain what’s happened.

406: Functional Sadism

March 24th, 2021  |  54 mins 50 secs

admin mode, caesar sengupta, coder radio, cryptocurrency, development podcast, dogecoin, elon musk, framework, gamestop, gitlab, google play, homepod facetime, imposter syndrome, java, jupiter broadcasting, lisp, photoshop m1, python, ron okamoto, stonks, ubuntu

Some sage developer wisdom is overshadowed by Mike's mad stonk game, while Chris worries Apple's secret M1 tricks charming Linux users.

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.

363: Find Your Off-Ramp

June 24th, 2019  |  43 mins 26 secs

.net, 7 languages in 7 weeks, 996, android, android development, arrow, burnout, coder radio, compile to javascript, compilers, coroutines, cursive, developer podcast, functional programming, happiness, ide, intellij, java, javascript, jetbrains, jupiter broadcasting, jvm, kotlin, kotlin native, overwork, posturing, programming challenge, scala, self-care, small business, static types, work life balance

We take on the issues of burnout, work communication culture, and keeping everything in balance.

360: Swift Kick In The UI

June 3rd, 2019  |  46 mins 11 secs

apple, apple watch, arkit, c#, clojurescript, coder radio, cooling, developer podcast, egpu, elixir, erlang, fan noise, ios, ipad, ipados, java, javascript, kotlin, macos, macpro, marzipan, phoenix, project catalyst, rails, reasonml, ruby, static types, swift, swiftui, system76, thelio, thermal management, typescript, wwdc

We react to Apple's big news at WWDC, check in with Mike's explorations of Elixir, and talk some TypeScript.