@ahanniga

536: Grindr-in-Chief

Coder Radio

The painful side of making video games, Grinder's big problems, and Google's sneakiest trojan horse. 


@87buick

BTC vs ChatGPT

@thegoldendragon

@spill_chuck_failure

@t31337

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. 


@oddstr13

@forward_humor

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. 


@wolfman2g1

@remakingeden

@alatartheblue

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. 


@kraftnix

@meremortalspodcast

@deleeted

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. 


531: C# as it Should Have Been

Java developers are getting the Oracle shakedown, openAI is running out of money, and more. 


@keirnbug

@noobsteve

A weekly talk show taking a pragmatic look at the art and business of Software Development and the world of technology.

@ddsmit

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. 


@eiriknord

Did we get this one wrong? It seems consumer AI is eating the lunch of some web's biggest names. 


530: What the AI Skeptics got Right

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. 


529: This API is Not for You

Elon Musk trying to build the "everything app" is ridiculous, and the quiet little promise openAI just made with the White House. 


528: I'm a 1.2x Developer

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. 


526: The Closing Moment of Opportunity

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. 


525: Mike Gets Unreal

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. 


524: Apple's Blurry Vision

We open the robe and spend a little time chatting about the software development business. 


523: Scooby-Doo of Code Hiding

We chew on the ridiculous situation Reddit has created for itself and the weak position of app developers. 


522: Reddit Goes Dark

We argue over what sucked the most at WWDC this year and then surprise each other with two things that thrill us. 


521: More Pro, More Problems

We chew on the best bits from this year's Microsoft Build and the bright red flag coming from the Rust community. 


520: Microsoft Goes All-In

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has gone straight for the open-source kill move. 


519: Not So OpenAI

We laugh at Google's scramble, check in on the Twitter collapse, and how one developer's little mistake screwed millions. 


518: Driving Mr. Dominick

A scathing takedown of Serverless... By Amazon? We react to this strange revelation and more. 


517: Savage Serverless Shutdown

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


516: There is No Moat

We have a laugh at Elon's alt account, why the knives are out for GitHub Co-pilot, and our thoughts on Apple's "major victory" this week. 


515: Codeium Comes for Copilot

Elon launches another AI company, leaks suggest Apple might enable sideloading, and why we should let Chaos-GPT run free. 


514: Designing a Villain

Forces beyond Apple's control just reined in their rise, and we ponder the coming sunset.
Plus, the tool we found uses ChatGPT to help you debug errors. 


513: Apple's Golden Hour

Our thoughts on the recent AI hysteria and why it betrays the massive egos involved, our issues with the RESTRICT Act, and we do some Monday morning code review. 


512: The Hysterics Chronicles

Mike's spent 90+ days with GitHub Co-Pilot, and shares the surprising conclusion. 


511: Robot Chat Shack

Microsoft's moonshot is turning into a crapshoot. 


510: Edge of Disaster

We're told companies are abandoning the cloud to save money. But is the trend our friend? 


509: The Great Cloud Exodus

Our spicy take on the Silicon Valley Bank bailout, how it will impact everyday developers, and how badly this screws over small businesses. 


508: Hybrid Hangover

Mike's got a new rig, and Ford wants to recall yours automatically! Plus, we get a bit spicy about money. 


507: Tough Little Liver

It's been one week, and Microsoft's new bot's already gone full Tay.
Plus one of the worst examples of under-funded open source yet. 


506: Hay Tay

The pitchforks are out for Google's CEO, and hoopla is leaking! Plus, our thoughts on baking telemetry into Go, the big Web3 crackdown, and more. 


505: Panic at the GPTdisco

We get spicy about the state of hybrid app development and then dig into the App store gatekeeper busting by the White House. 


504: Gateway Timeout Error

The shiny userbase flocking to WebAssembly, our thoughts on the "openAI scam", and why they just keep cramming stuff into Docker containers. 


503: Ruby in the WebAssembly

How the world without "big tech" might look like, the EU promises to go after Elon and a much-needed head adjustment. 


502: Too Big to Care

Microsoft gives Google an OpenAI gut punch, why Apple's new hardware fails to impress, and our reaction to the undignified death of Twitter's third-party client API. 


501: The AWS of AI

After sacrificing our pound of flesh for episode 500, we get into some spicy Big Tech dynamics and the performance mess of WebAssembly runtimes. 


500: Internal Server Error

We share our spicy C++ take, major Apple frustrations, and 2023 spoilers. 


499: The Copy Paste Wars

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. 


498: The Birds and the Elephants

Mike and Chris spend a little time chatting about one of their loves in life, great games. It's a test pilot episode for a possible new show, and we'd like your feedback. Consider it a holiday treat for the Coder fans out there. 


Gamer Radio 0: Gaming with Perspective - Test Show

Mike's skeptical of the rumors Apple is preparing to allow third-party app stores, and in a total flip of roles, Chris comes to the defense of Microsoft. 


497: Shots Across the Pond

We debate a few more drunk or 4D chess moves, the mad lad taking on Apple, and why Dart 3 has people talking. Plus, what a recent criticism of Scrum got wrong. 


496: Sweeney's Final Swing

Amazon used the stage of AWS re:Invent to toss shade on .Net and reveal its broader ambitions. 
Plus, why Pydantic is giving Mike a headache. 


495: .Not Funded

We reflect on the recent musings of Python's creator, from the functional to the philosophical. 


494: Python Paradigms

We will discuss the practical implementations of AI embedded in future products, then take a look at FTX's books and have a few highlights to share. 
Plus, we lay out the PMC warfare theory, which might explain what bloated tech companies have coming. 


493: Super Spellcheck

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. 


492: The Troll Wizard

Mike just came up for air after a Swift deep dive, and he has a fresh new take. Plus, the wheels of history are spinning faster; we take a snapshot in time and then round it all out with spicy Apple bacon. 


491: Voltron Based Development

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


490: Final Boss Battle

One of the most challenging aspects of being an independent developer, and our thoughts on Microsoft's recent bad news. 


489: Luther Curious

We debate if GitHub's Copilot enables automated code laundering after a developer makes a startling discovery. Then we dispense some seriously old-school wisdom. 


488: Code Laundering

Elon Musk's leaked messages reveal how tech CEOs think and talk about their employees, and we dig in. 


487: Casual Coders

Why we think Google will ultimately lose the next big tech battle. 


486: The Fight for the Next Knight Rider

Mike has spent just over a month living in Linux full-time, and Chris wants to check in and see how he’s doing. Plus we both have the new Thelio from System76 in-house, and our takeaways might surprise you. 


485: Going All In on Linux

Mike's first look at a built from scratch yet to be released IDE. And we cook up a little Adobe-flavored bacon. 


484: I Wanted to be a Hipster

To our surprise, Apple gave developers a treat this week and Chris continues to search for the ultimate productivity hack. 


483: Objective D

We look back at how tools, processes, and developer trends have changed over nearly ten years of the show. 


482: Building Your Light Saber

Why Metal might be one of the biggest strategy taxes of the Apple platforms. Plus a thought-provoking appeal to Dark Matter Developers. 


481: Apple's Metal Tax

We're spooked to learn how one man's life has been turned upside down just because he used Google Photos. 
Plus Mike's thoughts on .Net 7's trajectory and a little hope for Ionic. 


480: Google's 1984 Moment

New leaks reveal how hollow Apple's claims of fighting for user privacy are. We discuss their scheme to monetize the downturn. 
Plus, why we've never seen an App blow it as severely as Telegram is right now, and Electron's Flash moment. 


479: Apple's Mob Move

Why we think Malcolm Gladwell is wrong about remote work, and the complicated answer to a simple question. 


478: Strange New Workflows

We debate the lies our tool makers tell us, if Clojure has a Rails-sized hole, and the secrets of a successful software engineer. 


477: Sweet Little Lies

We're looking at the big picture and, surprisingly, seeing a lot of possibilities. 


476: Tapping the Breaks

Mike's ready to make a case for Declarative UI, and Chris pulls back the curtain to reveal a spicy take. 


475: I Do Declare

Why we feel recent attacks by the Software Freedom Conservancy against Microsoft are costing the SFC serious credibility. 


474: Horton Hears a Linux User

Mike's Linux Toolchain for 2022, and his first week with CoPilot. Then we chat about the series of choices that led us to go independent so many years ago. 


473: Laptop Coasters

Mike just signed up for a year of GitHub Copilot and Chris tries to understand why. Then we catch each other up on some recent surprises. 


472: Drunken Copilot

Mike's hitting the road to solve his old man's PC woes; Chris channels his early inner 80s and some Google AI conspiracy bacon. 


471: Technical Guardians of the Galaxy

You can't judge a book by its cover, and this week we surprised each other when we dug into the HP Dev One. Plus some insights on remote virtual dev desktops and the gotcha's from WWDC we missed. 


470: Make it so, Dev One!

We jump aboard Hair Force One and are a bit let down. We get into why. Plus Mike's first impressions of the HP Dev One laptop. 


469: The Problem with WWDC

What's old is new again, but we're not buying it this time. It's developer conference season, and we're hunting vaporware. 


468: Coding to Make It

Soon there will be no shame in that snake game, the big trend that is not our friend, and Microsoft reinvents the widget. 


467: No More Snake Mustaches

Soon there will be no shame in that snake game, the big trend that is not our friend, and Microsoft reinvents the widget.

Why Mike feels like Heroku is in a failed state, what drove us crazy about Google I/O this year, how Chris botched something super important, and some serious Python love sprinkled throughout. 


466: Luxury Emotional Manipulation

After solving a moral dilemma in our particular kind of way, Mike dishes on some ambitious plans that might kick off a new era of development for him. 


465: Mike's Magic Mom

Mike shares a tale involving a comedy of errors, and we ponder a new reusable culture around tech. 


464: Our Cuban Car Moment

Mike battles the onslaught of yet another bout with the plague. At the same time, we react live to Elon buying Twitter, Gitlab kicking off some free accounts, and we discover Google and Apple are working together again to pull the rug on app developers. 


463: You Git What You Pay For

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


462: Account Suspenders

We revel in the hypocrisy of big tech, share a few stories, and catch up with an old friend. 


461: Easy for Schmidt to Say

We crack open the time capsule and see how our spicy takes hold up. 


460: Request Out of Time

We just watched Revolution OS before the show, so we reflect on the audacity of their vision and the new revolution we see brewing. 


459: Revolution in Review

Apple enters full panic mode over sideloading, and our plan to push back against industry-wide consolidation kicks off. 


458: No Sideloading in this House

Our take on big tech's return to office, AT&T's RCS boondoggle, and the concerning territory tech is racing towards. 


457: Rich Clownshow Services

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. 


456: Linux CEO

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. 


455: One Revision Away

Mike has some huge news and busted wifi, Chris spent a weekend in the Metaverse, and why Microsoft has us both upset. 


454: No Quest for the Wicked

After reminiscing about .Net's 20th birthday, Mike and Chris air IBM's hypocritically dirty laundry and marvel at Microsoft's 3D chess moves. 


453: International Boomer Marooners

Mike makes a shocking admission, and Chris wishes he had a time machine. 


452: Shockingly Pragmatic

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. 


451: The Trouble with Tablets

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." 


450: MetaWave

Emboldened by his success, Mike takes a victory lap. Little does he know it's all virtual. 


449: Monetized Misery

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. 
