Coder Radio

598: No Code is just Other People's Code

December 4th, 2024  |  36 mins 20 secs

advent code, ai security, coder radio, developers, development podcast, github developer experience report, intel retirement, low-code debate, rails efficiency, ruby, rust query

GitHub has done the research, brought the receipts, and knows just what to do to get more developers into the flow state. Is it legit or hype? We’ll dig in. Plus, making the case that Rails is better low code than low code.

569: Whatever It Takes

May 8th, 2024  |  39 mins 44 secs

ad-pocalypse, agi, ai advancements, ai impact on labor market, apple ai strategy, apple vision pro, big tech spending, blackrock ceo larry fink, chatgpt in peripherals, coder radio, developers, development podcast, foss, job changes, junior developer careers, linux interest, meta vr, mike in nyc, morality in the workplace, nix, perl, ruby, sam altman

Altman's on a spending spree for AGI – why the huge price tag? Mike's back from NYC with juicy API gossip, and we break down the incentives pumping up a giant AI bubble.

441: Dependency Derby

November 24th, 2021  |  45 mins 1 sec

coder radio, development podcast, drew decault, fastapi on windows, pip, python, python packaging, ruby, rust core team, rust drama, rust moderator resignations, solid, unaccountability, web3, windows 11 development environment, wsl

Are Linux devs getting upset with the Python community? We weigh in on a nuanced issue. Plus the mass-moderator resignation over at Rust, and Mike's thoughts on setting up a dev environment on Windows 11.

425: Ruby in the Rough

August 4th, 2021  |  46 mins 44 secs

coder radio, compiler, development podcast, end of open source, foss, google, hypocrite commits, linux kernel, llvm, new phase of matter, perpetual motion machine, quantum computers, ruby, sorbet compiler, stripe, thermal equilibrium, time crystals, type annotations, university of minnesota

Big promises are being made in Ruby land, but will they take hold? Plus, Tech Crunch says Open Source is dead, why we couldn’t disagree more.

400: Bad Request

February 10th, 2021  |  47 mins 56 secs

400th episode, anniversary, bullet proof internet, coder radio, coder radio robe, development podcast, homebrew m1 support, how to use rss, jupiter broadcasting, numpy, pandas, python, rabbitmq, rails, rbenv, rss, ruby, rust foundation, sqlalchemy vs ruby sequel

After reflecting on more than 8 years of the show, we get into solving problems and taking names.

389: Smoked Laptops

November 25th, 2020  |  50 mins 2 secs

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Mike buys a laptop live on air while Chris worries about the turkey.

387: ARMed & Dangerous

November 11th, 2020  |  30 mins 23 secs

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Our first reactions to Apple's ARM event, how these new systems will impact developers, and if we're buying one.

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.

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.