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Coder Radio

The Mad Bottercoder.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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461: Easy for Schmidt to Say

We revel in the hypocrisy of big tech, share a few stories, and catch up with an old friend. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: Michael Dominick on Twitter — And a dead 🚘 wow… rough morning. Lol. Guess it’s my turn in the Murphy’s law barrel 😂 Michael Dominick on Twitter — I’d like to say my MacBook Air lasted the ...

Apr 13, 202238 min

460: Request Out of Time

We crack open the time capsule and see how our spicy takes hold up. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Links: Michael Dominick on Twitter — "I’m about to order #homepod number 3. What’s happening to me.... who am I... @CoderRadioShow CC @ChrisLAS Supreme Court rules for Google in Oracle copyright fight over Android — Oracle...

Apr 06, 202259 min

459: Revolution in Review

We just watched Revolution OS before the show, so we reflect on the audacity of their vision and the new revolution we see brewing. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent. Links: MacOS Nix Setup (an alternative to Homebrew) — Installing Nix requires two phases: installing Nix itself, and then installing nix-darwin. Ju...

Mar 30, 202258 min

458: No Sideloading in this House

Apple enters full panic mode over sideloading, and our plan to push back against industry-wide consolidation kicks off. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent. Links: You can't install your own SSD into a Mac Studio despite there being slots — In news that should surprise nobody, you can't install your own SSD into a ...

Mar 23, 202259 min

457: Rich Clownshow Services

Our take on big tech's return to office, AT&T's RCS boondoggle, and the concerning territory tech is racing towards. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent. Links: remembertoremember on Twitter — @ChrisLAS you sounded afraid to use the term lifestyle business. Why let this be a bad word. I maintain that these are ...

Mar 16, 202258 min

456: Linux CEO

We revisit one of the core theses of the show and expand on it in a new way, leading us to ponder just what a wild ride the next eight years are going to be. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent. Links: John Carmack asks why Wine isn't good enough — I truly do feel that emulation of some sort is a proper technical d...

Mar 09, 202259 min

455: One Revision Away

Mike and Chris eat some crow as they change their tune on a recent spicy take. Plus, new details about Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard are just too juicy to ignore. Sponsored By: Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Links: Windows 11 Guide Steam Deck Guide Win32 is the stable Linux userland ABI — Linux won’t rule ...

Mar 02, 202250 min

454: No Quest for the Wicked

Mike has some huge news and busted wifi, Chris spent a weekend in the Metaverse, and why Microsoft has us both upset. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent. Links: Michael Dominick on Twitter — Mission accomplished! Now to get her running Linux! Amazon Basics 500-Watt Ceramic Small Mini Heater — Compact personal spac...

Feb 23, 202246 min

453: International Boomer Marooners

After reminiscing about .Net's 20th birthday, Mike and Chris air IBM's hypocritically dirty laundry and marvel at Microsoft's 3D chess moves. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent. Links: Seattle Mazda drivers can’t tune their radios away from KUOW — Also gone from the infotainment center were such features as Blueto...

Feb 16, 202249 min

452: Shockingly Pragmatic

Mike makes a shocking admission, and Chris wishes he had a time machine. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent. Links: Steam Deck Previews are up — The flood gates are beginning to open around the Steam Deck with a few big YouTube channels doing a hands-on preview now live. Plus, dbrand poke fun at Nintendo with thei...

Feb 09, 202254 min

451: The Trouble with Tablets

Microsoft's cold war with Apple is revealed in court filings this week, and Google thinks they've got the next hit on their hands, which sounds a lot like the old hit. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent. Links: FOSS Patents: 35 U.S. states and Microsoft support Epic Games against Apple in Ninth Circuit — 35 U.S. s...

Feb 03, 202248 min

450: MetaWave

The audience hits us in the face with some hard truths, and then we dig into Microsoft's fox-like moves to snatch up Activision Blizzard on "the cheap." Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent. Links: Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device — Mi...

Jan 26, 202247 min

449: Monetized Misery

Emboldened by his success, Mike takes a victory lap. Little does he know it's all virtual. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Links: JetBrains Fleet — Built from scratch, based on 20 years of experience developing IDEs. Fleet uses the IntelliJ code-processing engine, with a distributed IDE architecture and a reimagined UI. Hillel is teaching a workshop on Twitter — Okay, we've all seen this meme, so what's the story behind i...

Jan 19, 202249 min

448: Fakers and Takers

Was he justified? Our thoughts on the dev who corrupted libraries in NPM for millions of users with his political statement about free software. Plus how Google blew a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to control mobile messaging. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Links: Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker' breaking thousands of apps — The colors library receives over 20 million weekly downloads on npm alone and has almo...

Jan 12, 202252 min

447: All Roads Lead to Clippy

Mike has a significant moment of clarity and sets out on a new path for 2022. Meanwhile, Chris is just happy to be out of the woods. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Links: Michael Dominick on Twitter — I am on the DL going to set my kid up his own PC (an old Mac mini) I'd like it to run a Kiddie flavor of #Linux and be good to before he gets. I also want 0 internet access. Is KidBuntu still a thing? @ubuntu I'd like a kid...

Jan 05, 202238 min

446: Blizzard Battery Battle

Mike finds a new normal and doubles down on what works. Chris meanwhile is stranded in the woods and is having a bit of a panic. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Shortcut.com : Shortcut, because you shouldn’t have to project manage your project management. Links: GitHub Sponsors — Invest in the open source projects you depend on We Just Gave $154,999.89 to Open Source Maintainers — Indeed’s generous $10,000 donation to us ...

Dec 29, 202138 min

445: Say No to Node

We're both impressed by Rails 7 and how an old foe got us down again. Sponsored By: Shortcut.com : Shortcut, because you shouldn’t have to project manage your project management. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Links: Rails 7.0: Fulfilling a vision — This vision wasn’t possible even just a few years ago. We simply didn’t have the core technologies in place. The One Person Framework — The part that really excites me about this version, ...

Dec 22, 202157 min

444: Mining the Logs

The broader software problem the Log4Shell vulnerability reveals, and the story of how Chris lit his Coder robe on fire... While wearing it. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Network Membership Holiday Discount : Support the entire network, and get access to every member's special feed for every show on the network. Sign up now and save $3/m FOREVER! Promo Code: 2024 Links: Apple Silicon Guide — A guide covering Apple Silic...

Dec 15, 202141 min

443: Reptilian Power Play

We peak in on one of the nastiest corporate moves in a while, and Chris has a big confession. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Links: Miami Wants to Be Crypto Capital of U.S. - YouTube — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who said earlier last month he would take his next paycheck "100% in Bitcoin," Relegendable keycaps for your macropad — One at work and one at home, both run QMK, firmware that allows me to program the macropad ...

Dec 08, 202148 min

442: Touched by the Bar

Mike visits Pallet Town and comes back with some SQLAlchemy performance wisdom to share. Meanwhile, struggling with a lack of performance, Chris has kicked the tires of his new M1 Max MacBook Pro and is ready to share his counter-narrative take on the new hardware. Sponsored By: A Cloud Guru : A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips. System76 : The Power Up Holiday Sale, save up to $320 on select System76 systems. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day...

Dec 01, 202148 min

441: Dependency Derby

Are Linux devs getting upset with the Python community? We weigh in on a nuanced issue. Plus the mass-mod resignation over at Rust, and Mike's thoughts on setting up a dev environment on Windows 11. Sponsored By: A Cloud Guru : A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Shortcut.com : Shortcut, because you shouldn’t have to project manage your project man...

Nov 24, 202145 min

440: Just Say No to M1

We get some spicy emails, dig into why Mike just picked up another Linux laptop, and then share our real thoughts on Web3. Plus, how we met, and why the future is probably not so bright for Apple users long-term. Sponsored By: A Cloud Guru : A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Shortcut.com : Shortcut, because you shouldn’t have to project manage yo...

Nov 17, 202138 min

439: Github NoPilot

Microsoft has a bunch of new goodies for developers, but Mike is becoming more and more concerned about an insidious new feature. Sponsored By: Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Shortcut.com : Shortcut, because you shouldn’t have to project manage your project management. A Cloud Guru : In this course, ACG will quickly cover how to connect to various database types. Then, we will jump into using the pandas Python package for data prepara...

Nov 10, 202159 min

438: The Oppenheimer Problem

After a little async Ruby chat and developer morality struggle, Chris explains how macOS Monterey has lapped Linux with a critical workstation feature. Sponsored By: A Cloud Guru : A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Links: Google's 'Be Evil' business transformation is complete — Looking through the lawsuit, the scope and shamelessness of Google's ...

Nov 03, 202155 min

437: Microsoft War Stories

Chatting about the week's .NET news leads us into a blue-tinted tale of woe. When Microsoft taketh, they also giveth. But is it enough? Plus, which MacBooks we did or did not buy. Sponsored By: A Cloud Guru : A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install th...

Oct 27, 202148 min

436: The Diablo is in the Details

Why mastering your development environment can be a tricky feat, and a server outage brought to you by the late 1990s. Sponsored By: A Cloud Guru : The Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer Certification (PCEP) is a great place to start when getting Python certified. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent. Links: Apple announces ...

Oct 20, 20211 hr 7 min

435: Ask Alice

Mike just launched the secret project he's been working on for months and shares all the details. And Chris has a surprise for the end of the show. Sponsored By: A Cloud Guru : The Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer Certification (PCEP) is a great place to start when getting Python certified. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the a...

Oct 13, 202159 min

434: Coding Gungan Style

It's final push time on a big project for Mike, but Chris is the one who is exhausted. Still we've got some new insights into testing and thoughts on an emerging category of developer. Plus, why the hermit developer is alive and well, some important feedback, and a Python tip. Sponsored By: A Cloud Guru : A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog...

Oct 07, 202144 min

433: Falling for FastAPI

Mike's falling in love with FastAPI and gives us a hint at the next project he's building. Plus, our thoughts on employee machine monitoring and building a transition plan when you are ready to quit your job. Sponsored By: A Cloud Guru : A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a fre...

Sep 29, 202147 min

432: That Time We Stepped In It

We’ve really had a week, one of those makes ya feel old kinda weeks. Sponsored By: A Cloud Guru : A Cloud Guru now includes Cloud Playground. Azure, AWS, or GCP Sandboxes at your fingertips. Linode : Receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. Promo Code: linode.com/coder Datadog : Try Datadog free by starting a your 14-day trial and receive a free t-shirt once you install the agent. Links: Companies may not want to hire in Colorado due to labor law — A 9Wants to Know investigation fo...

Sep 22, 202150 min
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