Coder Radio

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

Your Hosts

Chris Fisher

Michael Dominick

Wes Payne

3 OSes 1 GPU | Coder Radio 357

13 May 2019

Microsoft catches Mike’s eye with WSL 2, Google gets everyone's attention with their new push for Kotlin, and we get a full eGPU report.

Fear, Uncertainty, and .NET | Coder Radio 356

8 May 2019

.NET 5 has been announced and brings a new unified future to the platform. We dig in to Microsoft's plans and speculate about what they mean for F#.

F# Shill | Coder Radio 355

2 May 2019

Mike and Wes dive into Bosque, Microsoft’s new research language, and debate if it represents the future of programming languages, or if we should all just be using F#.

A Life of Learning | Coder Radio 354

25 April 2019

We celebrate the life of Erlang author Dr Joe Armstrong by remembering his many contributions to computer science and unique approach to lifelong learning.

A Week with WSL | Coder Radio 353

17 April 2019

Mike's back with thoughts on his recent adventures with the Windows Subsystem for Linux and what it might mean for the future of Linux development.

Self Driving Disaster | Coder Radio 352

9 April 2019

Mike’s away so Chris joins Wes to discuss running your workstation from RAM, the disappointing realities of self driving cars, and handling the ups and downs of critical feedback.

Riding the Rails | Coder Radio 351

1 April 2019

Mike explores the state of Xamarin.Android development on Linux, and we talk frameworks versus libraries and what Rails got right.

Rusty Stadia | Coder Radio 350

26 March 2019

We debate Rust's role as a replacement for C, and share our take on the future of gaming with Google's Stadia.

Their Rules, Your Choice | Coder Radio 349

18 March 2019

We join the fight between Apple and Spotify, and debate the meaning of 'fair play' in the App Store and the browser wars.

Dependency Dangers | Coder Radio 348

11 March 2019

Mike has salvaged a success story from the dumpster fire of the Google+ shutdown, and Wes shares his grief about brittle and repetitive unit tests.

Rusty Rubies | Coder Radio 347

5 March 2019

Mike breaks down what it takes to build a proper iOS build server, and leaves the familiar shallows of Debian for the open waters of openSUSE.

Serverless Squabbles | Coder Radio 346

26 February 2019

The three of us debate when to go full serverless, and if ditching servers is worth the cost.