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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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550: Buff Uncle Jeff

We reflect on how our work has changed over the last year and get some sage advice from buff Uncle Jeff. Sponsored By: 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 Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. ...

Dec 27, 202351 min

549: Hacking The Gathering

The clever way one developer hacked an online game, why we're not buying the latest round of cyber war fear, and we finally have our Babylon 5 vs Star Trek debate. Sponsored By: The Coder : The Coder is made from 100% cotton terry velour for soft, cozy wear and is embroidered on the left chest with a classic white-on-black Coder Radio logo. Save $10 with code SWIFT. Promo Code: SWIFT Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and t...

Dec 20, 202357 min

548: Don't Fight the Music

The fantastic opportunity Google is letting slip through its hands, and why Apple might win the consumer LLM race. Sponsored By: The Coder : The Coder is made from 100% cotton terry velour for soft, cozy wear and is embroidered on the left chest with a classic white-on-black Coder Radio logo. Save $10 with code SWIFT. Promo Code: SWIFT Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for ...

Dec 13, 202346 min

547: The Slow and the Infuriating

After years of resistance, Mike finally surrenders to Xcode. And the secret Apple envy leaked to the public this week. Sponsored By: Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to ge...

Dec 06, 202359 min

546: A Very Tidy Excuse

The messy details and tidy excuses we noticed in all this OpenAI upset, and some fundamental problems that have been plaguing desktop Linux for years. Sponsored By: Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the we...

Nov 29, 202345 min

545: Sam's Busy Weekend

OpenAI's weekend coup, plus our thoughts on Microsoft's gambit and their looming risk. Sponsored By: Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payment...

Nov 22, 202348 min

544: Microsoft Already Did It

Yet another thing Microsoft was early to, and still somehow missed the boat. Plus, building a PC is rare; it's a solved problem. If AI tools excel as expected, will coding face a similar fate? Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Link...

Nov 15, 202341 min

543: For Your Safety

New AI "regulation" from on high this week, a few signs you might be pissing in your own pond, and the game dev team that's been together for 40 years. Sponsored By: Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the w...

Nov 08, 202345 min

542: Fresh Cut Fraud

We've all made mistakes and tried to play dumb, but this week history is being made. Sponsored By: Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments ...

Nov 01, 202340 min

541: Better Late than Never

Rumors of internal panic at Apple, and concerns about the future of RISC-V. Plus, the software update of the century. Sponsored By: Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get...

Oct 25, 202346 min

540: Sherlockin All Over the Place

We're about to see a wave of big tech AI features "inspired" by third-party developers at a scale that makes the Sherlocking on Apple's platform seem like chump change. Plus, how Dropbox turned around their dev retention rates, and more. Sponsored By: Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-p...

Oct 18, 20231 hr 13 min

539: Mike Breaks the Build

Mike checks in from the grind and shares some challenges in recent cross-platform testing; then, we get into the avalanche of negative AI press coverage this week and the one massive story they're not touching. Sponsored By: Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power ...

Oct 11, 202357 min

538: You Never Forget Your First

How does your first major programming language/technology still shape your work and career? Then grab some popcorn and let's watch the next epic tech titan battle unfold. Sponsored By: Alderon Games : Alderon Games is looking to hire talented remote workers. They believe in the power of play and the magic of immersive worlds and are looking for passionate individuals. Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost ...

Oct 04, 202343 min

537: Unity Mutiny

Our unique take on the Unity outrage, thoughts on RustRover, and Mike shares a very annoying mistake. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from our page on the Podcast Index. A montage ...

Sep 30, 202350 min

536: Grindr-in-Chief

The painful side of making video games, Grinder's big problems, and Google's sneakiest trojan horse. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from our page on the Podcast Index. Why isn’t d...

Sep 20, 202343 min

535: Locally Sourced Carbon Neutral Consumer

Did Apple's event live up to our expectations? And our thoughts on what new goodies for developers might be in the new hardware and software. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from o...

Sep 13, 202345 min

534: Blame the Automation

Azure suffers a big outage, and Microsoft blames faulty automation; why we think there might be early signs of weak demand for Apple's Vision Pro and more. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you ca...

Sep 06, 202351 min

533: Critical Failure in Open Source

U.S. officials are warning open-source software could be a cyber security threat. Their solution? Money. But do we want them picking the winners and losers of open source? Plus, Mike's thoughts after using Cursor AI and a Cornell study take generated code to the shed. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wh...

Aug 30, 202355 min

532: Take It to the Limit

Mike hits the limits of ChatGPT's knowledge, a chat about editors and what we'd do for a living if it had to be outside of tech. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from our page on th...

Aug 23, 202355 min

531: C# as it Should Have Been

Java developers are getting the Oracle shakedown, openAI is running out of money, and more. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from our page on the Podcast Index. Mutiny Wallet — Impr...

Aug 16, 20231 hr

530: What the AI Skeptics got Right

Did we get this one wrong? It seems consumer AI is eating the lunch of some web's biggest names. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from our page on the Podcast Index. Tesla hackers t...

Aug 08, 202357 min

529: This API is Not for You

Microsoft's dirty old API games, the new, even more restrictive rules Apple developers will now have to follow, and why Google's "Web Integrity API" seems gross. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, ...

Aug 02, 202340 min

528: I'm a 1.2x Developer

Elon Musk trying to build the "everything app" is ridiculous, and the quiet little promise openAI just made with the White House. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: ⚡ Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 🎉 Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Boost from the Web. Once you have Alby topped off, you can Boost from our page on t...

Jul 26, 202358 min

527: The Internet is for Stealing JPGs

Shopify has a mind-blowingly obvious solution to too many meetings, a recent failure Chris is struggling with, and more. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Grab Alby, and then you can boost from the web. Top it off in the app or using something like CashApp. Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — Send a boost from the web using the Podcast Index. Start with Alby, top i...

Jul 19, 202351 min

526: The Closing Moment of Opportunity

openAI's window to build their moat is closing, but they have a powerful friend stepping up to help seal the deal. Plus, our reaction to Oracle's very spicy response to Red Hat. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: Alby: Your Boost companion for the web — Help the show reach its 500K sat goal, and send your message to the show. Boost from the web with Alby. Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org — You can boost f...

Jul 12, 202351 min

525: Mike Gets Unreal

Mike updates us on his development adventures in Unreal 5, signs the Vision Pro might be a flop, and answer questions about abandoning Red Hat's platform. Sponsored By: Tailscale : Tailscale is the easiest way to create a peer-to-peer network with the power of Wireguard. Links: Try a new Podcast App, cool features inbound! — Chapters, transcriptions, Boosts, and more. Try a new podcast app! Alby: Boost from the Web — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. ...

Jul 05, 202359 min

524: Apple's Blurry Vision

We got our eyes on the Vision Pro SDK and share our new insights. And why the claims of stalled Mastodon adoption might ring a bit true. 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: Elon Musk Says He'd Be up for 'Cage Match' With Mark Zuckerberg — Elon Musk said he'd be up for fighting his tech world nemesis, jiu-jitsu lover M...

Jun 28, 202353 min

523: Scooby-Doo of Code Hiding

We open the robe and spend a little time chatting about the software development business. 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: Devicescript — DeviceScript brings a TypeScript developer experience to low-resource microcontroller-based devices. DeviceScript is compiled to a custom VM bytecode, which can run in very cons...

Jun 21, 202344 min

522: Reddit Goes Dark

We chew on the ridiculous situation Reddit has created for itself and the weak position of app developers. 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: New Xbox Unlikely as Microsoft Gaming Chief Doesn't Feel Need for Upgrade — “That’s not the feedback we’re getting right now,” Stephen Totilo on Twitter — At a behind-closed-do...

Jun 14, 202358 min

521: More Pro, More Problems

We argue over what sucked the most at WWDC this year and then surprise each other with two things that thrill us. 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: US SEC charges crypto platform Coinbase, one day after suing Binance — The lawsuit is the SEC's second in two days against a major crypto exchange, following its case ag...

Jun 07, 20231 hr 3 min
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