Coder Radio

565: The Great Llama

April 10th, 2024  |  50 mins 11 secs

coder radio, developers, development podcast, gen z, google axion, google cloud next 2024, google vids, google workspace, llma3, meta, mike rowe, online jobs for teens, open-source, trade jobs, work-from-home stem jobs, workforce challenges

Why does Meta give away Llma for free? What's in it for them?

Plus, our thoughts on the data showing the trades are starting to see a boom, and new coding jobs are declining.

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.

516: There is No Moat

May 3rd, 2023  |  1 hr 6 secs

ad revenue, alphabet, amazon, bing, chatgpt, cloud adoption, coder radio, dangers of ai, development podcast, digital ads, fraudulent applications, geoffrey hinton, google, google leaked file, h1-b visa, layoffs, llama, llms, meta, neural networks, openai, responsible approach to ai, sernau, uscis, visa requests, we have no moat

Why open source might be the real AI winner long-term, and Mike gets the ultimate "I told you so."

510: Edge of Disaster

March 22nd, 2023  |  49 mins 25 secs

.net, ai, amazon, andy jassy, bank failure, bing, ceo, chatbot, co-creator of unix, coder radio, delphi, development podcast, edge, in-person, ios, ken thompson, ken thompson switches to linux, layoffs, linux, macos, mark zuckerberg, meta, microsoft, objective-c, perform, remote work, remotely, svb

Microsoft's moonshot is turning into a crapshoot.

498: The Birds and the Elephants

December 28th, 2022  |  47 mins 41 secs

coder radio, cosmic, development podcast, google maps, iced, iphone supply chain break down, linux foundation, meta, microsoft, overture maps, peter zeihan, rust, system76, tomtom

Our take on why several tech companies just teamed up to take on Google Maps, and then we react to the global analyst who says we won't have any new iPhones until 2028. We don't talk about Elon; if we did, it would be chaptered. But we definitely did not.

492: The Troll Wizard

November 16th, 2022  |  1 hr 6 mins

.net 7, .net conf, aegis, amazon lay off, authenticator, bitwarden, coder radio, development podcast, ftx, gpl two-factor, maui, memory-safe programming, meta, microsoft, safe, sbf, tim cook, vc, very deliberate, yubikey

Microsoft lets its geek flag fly, our observations on .NET 7, and the recent upset caused by the Troll Wizard, but we can't understand who will pay the toll.

490: Final Boss Battle

November 2nd, 2022  |  54 mins 6 secs

app store, apple, coder radio, coder review, development podcast, earnings, elon musk, engineer, engineers, gambling ads, gamification, gate keeping, github, javascript, licensed, licensing, meta, telegram ceo, tesla, twitter, uniform

We slip into full boss mode after digging into some long-term tech trends impacting developers.

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.

462: Account Suspenders

April 20th, 2022  |  51 mins 54 secs

47.5%, agile silicon, amazon, brasilia, coder radio, development podcast, encodya, horizon, jack dorsey, macos, meta, metaverse commission, moxie marlinspike, rdp, sell virtual items, tech platforms, tesla, ubuntu 22.04, web3

We get a bit gleeful over some choice tech monopoly hypocrisy and then spicy with our 18-month outlook.

455: One Revision Away

March 2nd, 2022  |  50 mins 22 secs

activision blizzard, bobby kotick, ceo payout, coder radio, development podcast, golden parachute, libc, meta, microsoft, nft, nfts, oculus quest 2, simulavr, steam runtime, valve, vr development, windows abi, wine

Mike and Chris eat some crow as they change their tune on a recent spicy take.