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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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Episodes

609: More Rust With Honey

For our listener Q&A, we tackle questions about the evolution of hybrid web/mobile app development, the licensing concerns around AGPL3.0 open-source projects, and the changing landscape of contract software development in a post-zero-interest-rate environment. We'll also discuss the current trend of AI integration and how developers can approach it effectively.

Mar 05, 202519 min

608: R With Eric Nantz

House Keeping Google / YouTube Update Join the Discord! Feedback Rust in the Linux Kernel. R Stuff What is R Again? Great presentation by John Chambers at UseR! 2006 https://www.r-project.org/conferences/useR-2006/Slides/Chambers.pdf The times have changed, now R is very much suited for production use and not just an academic research language Highly recommend reading Advanced R for more comprehensive details on the quirks of the language https://adv-r.hadley.nz/index.html R VS Python for Data? ...

Feb 24, 202555 min

607: Warp's Zach Lloyd

Mike interviews Zach Lloyd, CEO of Warp, about their innovative terminal application. Warp reimagines the command line experience with AI-powered features, aiming to make development more accessible and efficient. The discussion covers Warp's architecture, platform support, monetization strategies, and Zach's vision for the future of prompt-driven software development.

Feb 16, 202531 min

606: Coder's Next Steps

A brief important update from Chris about some upcoming changes to the podcast. Links: Michael Dominick on X

Feb 05, 20254 min

605: The Democrats Behind DeepSeek

This episode dives into the AI landscape, analyzing the impact of DeepSeek's open-source model on NVIDIA's market value and the broader AI industry. The hosts discuss the technical innovations behind DeepSeek, its cost-effectiveness, and its potential to challenge US dominance in AI. They also explore the role of government regulations, corporate strategies, and the future of AI development.

Jan 29, 202546 min

604: The Startup Myth

This episode explores why developers are increasingly shying away from startup jobs, discussing factors like burnout, competitive big tech salaries, economic shifts due to interest rates, and chaotic internal startup environments. The hosts also dive into the new Rails 8 Solid Trifecta features for caching and queuing, debate the impact of framework fatigue in the developer community, and cover news of an alleged data breach at HPE.

Jan 22, 202539 min

603: COSMIC Defenders

In this episode, Chris and Dominic discuss the Sonos CEO stepping down after a disastrous app rewrite with SwiftUI, Salesforce halting developer hiring due to AI, and memory leak issues in Rust-based applications. They also cover Microsoft's new AI division, OpenAI's copyright restrictions, and donations to Trump's inauguration fund, alongside listener boosts and thoughts on Star Trek movies.

Jan 15, 202543 min

602: Dude, You're Getting a Dell Pro Max Micro Plus!

CES 2025 Secrets Revealed: A developer’s dream or just more hype? Plus, NVIDIA flexes its AI muscles, and we're admittedly impressed. Then, our thoughts on Dell's historic rebrand. Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Bitcoin Well : Bitcoin sent directly to your wallet is the safest way to buy Bitcoin. Immediate settlement, direct to self-custody. Supports the Lightning Network. Links: 💥 Gets Sats...

Jan 08, 202545 min

601: The 10X Exec

Some debates never die, and this week, we’re reigniting one of our spiciest from the archives. Plus, our boldest 2025 predictions yet. Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Bitcoin Well : Bitcoin sent directly to your wallet is the safest way to buy Bitcoin. Immediate settlement, direct to self-custody. Supports the Lightning Network. Links: 💥 Gets Sats with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered a...

Jan 01, 202558 min

600: Mikestrodamus

We’re taking a victory lap down memory lane. From spooky-accurate predictions to "did we really say that?" moments, this one’s for the history books. Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Mission Control : UK-based Mission Control can build Flutter and React Apps for companies big and small, including Fortune 500 companies or startups getting their first project off the ground. Reach out and tell th...

Dec 18, 202456 min

599: GPU Game Theory

Sam's Checkmate: How Open Source AI and Silicon Valley Kingmakers dethroned the OpenAI emperor! Plus, Tesla's API Apocalypse has arrived. Links: 💥 Gets Sats with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one of the world's best ways to buy sats. 🇨🇦 Bitcoin Well — Enable your independence with the fastest and safest way to buy Bitcoin in Canada and the...

Dec 11, 202442 min

598: No Code is just Other People's Code

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, and we help someone go from Pizza to Rust. Sponsored By: Coder QA : 30% off the lifetime of your membership! Promo Code: blackfriday Links: 💥 Gets Sats with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily i...

Dec 04, 202436 min

597: Make Google Great Again

A survey found that nearly 10% of developers are ghosts doing nothing - our thoughts on that, AI Big Brother as a service comes to the workplace, OpenAI's NYT standoff, and Google's growing problem. Sponsored By: Coder QA : 30% off the lifetime of your membership! Promo Code: blackfriday Mission Control : UK-based Mission Control can build Flutter and React Apps for companies big and small, including Fortune 500 companies or startups getting their first project off the ground. Reach out and tell...

Nov 27, 202447 min

596: Chrome For Sale

We react to Microsoft's new vision for the desktop PC, discuss the realities of working with large dependency chains in your projects, and discuss Google selling off Chrome. Then, we read some spicy tech CEO emails! Sponsored By: Mission Control : UK-based Mission Control can build Flutter and React Apps for companies big and small, including Fortune 500 companies or startups getting their first project off the ground. Reach out and tell them Coder sent you! Promo Code: Tell them Coder Radio Sen...

Nov 20, 202452 min

595: Year of the Snake

Python's eating the world - and AI's helping it digest. A cheeky look at why this programming language is suddenly everywhere and the bizarre tale of how AI infiltrated the last place you'd expect. Sponsored By: Annual Membership - Jupiter Party : Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Coder QA : Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-...

Nov 13, 202439 min

594: Smart Contracts for Dumb People

Malicious NPM packages are sneaking into codebases while FFmpeg devs prove old-school assembly skills can still smoke the competition. Plus, a rare bee species takes on Zuck's AI dreams. Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Annual Membership - Jupiter Party : Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app...

Nov 06, 202441 min

593: Bake Your Own Linux Cake

Mike reports in from the COSMIC frontier! Plus: Microsoft's juicy Google drama, GPU eye candy that'll make your wallet nervous, and the tea on why OpenAI's AGI Czar went full scorched-earth on his exit. Sponsored By: Annual Membership - Jupiter Party : Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Enable your independence with the fastest and safest way to buy bitcoin in Canada and the USA. Focused on Bitcoin excellence, enabling true...

Oct 30, 202448 min

592: C++ Safety Dance

C++'s Borg-like mission continues, and some thoughts on Rails 8.1. Plus, there is a little trouble in Microsoft Paradise. And why Chris finally paid for an LLM. Sponsored By: Annual Membership - Jupiter Party : Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one ...

Oct 23, 202445 min

591: FOSS does what Nintendont

We get frustrated with Nintendo. Then, dig into the 30-year-old backdoor that was recently exploited and the hard lesson we should learn from it. Then, we'll break down some "hot tips" that promise to make you the next DevRel star. Sponsored By: Annual Membership - Jupiter Party : Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily in...

Oct 16, 202437 min

590: Google’s Loss is Our Win

Our reaction to Google's major legal blow, forcing them to open the Play Store wide, our thoughts on the world's lovefest with AI-generated podcasts, and the next tool Microsoft is porting over from Linux. Sponsored By: Annual Membership - Jupiter Party : Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm....

Oct 09, 202435 min

589: Blame the Tools using the Tools

Our thoughts on big tech firing up old nuclear reactors to satisfy the AI growth plans, Sam's big week, and debate if Meta just had their iPhone moment. Sponsored By: Annual Membership - Jupiter Party : Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one of the w...

Oct 02, 20241 hr 16 min

A Coder PSA

A quick update from Chris on where the show is at this week, and what to watch out for next week! Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one of the world's best ways to buy sats...

Sep 24, 20242 min

588: Hulk Smash “PUNY DEVS”

The insidious undercurrents threatening to crush open-source AI projects, plus our thoughts on Microsoft's "big changes" to Windows post-CrowdStrike. Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summer Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, ...

Sep 18, 20241 hr

587: Surfing the WSL Wave

Our thoughts on the iPhone 16, and then Mike surfs the WSL wave. Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summer Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one of the world's best ways to buy sats. 🇨🇦 Bitcoin Well — Enable you...

Sep 11, 20241 hr

586: Mike's Clone Army

How Mike plans to win the Clone Wars with Dokku, we review some shocking developer data and say goodbye to another project DMCA'd by Apple. Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summer Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you ha...

Sep 04, 20241 hr 6 min

585: From Ops to Dev and Back Again

We reflect on the rise of DevOps and the frustrating dynamics that led to it. Plus, tech's latest bright idea: Roombas with attitude. Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summer Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one...

Aug 28, 202454 min

584: Google’s Poisoned Apple

The walled garden wrecking ball is fueling up - where we think it strikes first. Plus, what was really behind the recent GitHub outage. Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summer Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have o...

Aug 21, 202448 min

583: A Shekel for Every Click

Apple goes into full crackdown mode and begins to squeeze even more out of developers and creators. Plus, why tiny models are suddenly the rage. Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summer Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and y...

Aug 14, 202454 min

582: Intel: It Hurts Inside

We take a look at SeaweedFS, roast Apple Intelligence, and reveal the vendor that caught Intel's mess before it shipped. Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one of the world'...

Aug 07, 202456 min

581: Lunacy Lake

Why is Google feeling lucky, and the Intel situation slips into pure lunacy. Plus, thoughts on the C# Type Union proposal. Sponsored By: Coder QA : Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have one of the worl...

Jul 31, 202449 min
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