Mike makes his case for realism when it comes to automated testing, and a readjustment of expectations in the wider community.

Plus the guys define what makes a “Dark Matter Developer”, and gauk at the possibility of this young hip upstart’s automated build pipeline, and share memories of large scale QA testing teams.

Links:

• Mike: I'm Seeing Something Strange...
• MacinCloud — This is the cloud-based Mac solution you are looking for! Access on-demand Mac servers for app development, Mac tasks, and enterprise builds.
• iOS Code Signing in App Cente — An app must be signed to run on a real device during the development process, through a beta program or in the App Store.
• The Day the QA Department Died — Let’s take a step back and examine how things used to work.
• Who needs a separate QA Team? — Have you come across developers who think that having a separate Quality Assurance (QA) team, who could test (manually or auto-magically) their code/software at the end of an iteration/release, will really help them? Personally I think this style of software development is not just dangerous but also harmful to the developers’ growth.
• Why your QA testers quit—and what to do about it — After years of hearing tragic tales of continuous tester turnover, I started to wonder if testing is just a temporary, transitional role for many people.
• Alexa is the future of Amazon’s consumer business — Here’s a quick rundown of the Alexa-enabled products Amazon announced: A wall clock, microwave, subwoofer, an Alexa for the car, a DVR for your TV antenna, a smart plug, and a microphone that turns your existing hi-fi setup into an Alexa-powered audio rig. Oh, and updates to the Echo Dot, Echo Plus, and Echo Show.
• Big Mouth Billy Bass will soon work with Amazon Alexa - The Verge — Amazon says an updated Billy is coming later this year.

Mike is the extreme laptop killer, with a tale you’ll have to hear to believe. With only a few short hours left on a deadline, it was 24 hours of chaos.

Plus we take a quick look at Mac in the Cloud, Microsoft’s new Azure service, a travel hack, and more.

Links:

• Michael Dominick on Twitter — "Is there anyway to sign and publish #iOS apps to the AppStore sans a #mac ?"
• MacinCloud - Rent a Mac in the Cloud!
• Microsoft’s new Windows Virtual Desktop lets you run Windows 10 in the cloud — > The service will also include free Windows 7 Extended Security Updates.
• LG fixing Wi-Fi interference problems with UltraFine 5K Display, new units will be unaffected | 9to5Mac — LG has now said that it has identified the hardware problem in which Wi-Fi routers within 2 feet of the display resulted in signal interference issues. All new UltraFine units produced after February will not be affected as they will be fitted with ‘enhanced shielding’. Existing owners of the UltraFine 5K Display.
• Michael Dominick on Twitter — "That’s it no more tea beer or any other liquids near my machines. In 48 hours I’ve damaged both my Galago and MacBook Pro. @ChrisLAS was right I have a problem with laptops... #CoderRadio"
• Michael Dominick on Twitter — "This is the brand new one... I did nothing!!!! https://t.co/GnuOLbM4kr"
• Google started quietly logging you into Chrome with latest update, reports say
• Joshua's Travel Hack

After catching up the guys dig into the “why” Jupiter Broadcasting sold to Linux Academy, the big shift Chris is seeing, and why the timing was critical.

Plus we respond to some emails, chat about GitHub’s future plans to sell talent, and Mike’s big announcement: Gryphon.

Links:

• Wyatt of Vulkan
• Molten | Vulkan, and faster OpenGL ES, on iOS and macOS — MoltenVK is a runtime library that maps Vulkan to Apple's Metal graphics framework on iOS and macOS.
• Vulkan has just become the world’s first graphics API with a formal memory model.  So, what is a memory model — This week, Vulkan® has become the world’s first graphics API to include a formal memory model for its associated GLSL™ and SPIR-V™ programming languages.
• Jonathan has found something Rotten
• GitHub Foreshadows Big Open Source Announcements at GitHub Universe — "Businesses use open source libraries, and then they make applications from them, and then they need someone to work on them," said St John. "They will email people at GitHub, and they will come to GitHub itself and say 'We need somebody to come and work on this application built off this open source library. Can you find anybody in the community that will come and work on it?' Happens all the time."
• Gryphon —

Wes joins Mike to discuss why .NET still makes sense, the latest antics from Fortnite, a brave new hope for JVM concurrency, and the mind-expanding benefits of trying a Lisp.

Links:

• Fortnite 15 Mil downloads sans Google Play
• Project Loom
• What Color is Your Function
• Generics in Go
• Elixir
• Clojure - Deps and CLI Guide
• Clojure - Getting Started
• Reitit, Data-Driven Routing with Clojure(Script)
• core.async Walkthrough
• Understanding Homoiconicity, the Power Behind Clojure Macros

Mike and Chris have a strong reaction to beer from Utah, and then get into the weeds around Mike’s new gear, the situation with Qt, and a few new tools they’ve recently found.

Links:

• Gitpod — In a blink of an eye from any GitHub project, pull request, or issue to a ready-configured, fully-featured online IDE and terminal.
• Nativefier — Make any web page a desktop application

After digging into some feedback, we react to the big upset in the world of React Native.

Plus some recent hoopla, a new way to get started contributing to open source, and more!

Links:

• Win95 in a box
• Scoop — A command-line installer for Windows
• Steve's Travel Hack
• Sunsetting React Native — Due to a variety of technical and organizational issues, we will be sunsetting React Native and putting all of our efforts into making native amazing.
• React Native: A retrospective from the mobile-engineering team at Udacity — We removed the last traces of React Native from the apps because the only remaining React Native feature was being sunset and we no longer had to support it.
• CodeTriage — Help out your favorite open source projects and become a better developer while doing it.

Mike's adventures with Qt land him on Windows 10 this week battling DLL hell. He shares the latest developments in his attempt to build his next app with Qt.

Plus some feedback, thoughts on AMP, and why dynamic linking keeps Mike up at night.

Links:

• Qt is not for Johnny
• gary likes the Qt
• Eric fround a QML Library for .NET
• Qml.Net - Qt/Qml integration/support for .NET
• ZMQ Setup for Qt Dev on Windows
• vcpkg: C++ Library Manager — C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
• Google AMP - A 70% drop in our conversion rate
• Qt FAQ — With a term license of Qt for Application Development or Qt for Device Creation, you pay a recurring fee during the time you develop with Qt and distribute the developed applications. You receive all updates and will be able to access online systems. After the term ends, you are no longer entitled to develop with Qt or further distribute the applications developed with Qt. Applications already distributed can be used, but not maintained.

Mike shares more first impressions of Qt, the surprising places we’ve found QML in the wild, and why or why not to use Qt.

Plus we answer some questions, share some travel hacks, and discuss the top programing languages of 2018, as declared so by the IEEE.

Links:

• Jacob's lookin for a change
• Mark's Travel Bag Hack
• BAGSMART Travel Electronic Accessories Thicken Cable Organizer Bag Portable Case
• Devil’s Dictionary for Tech
• The 2018 Top Programming Languages
• Tesla announces using Qt in their cars
• QML

Mike’s ordered a surprise new rig, Chris is getting particular, and do a first impressions of Qt Creator.

Plus why we all need to pull back on the AI hype a bit, and more!

Links:

• Michael Dominick on Twitter: I seem to be melting machines at an alarming rate
• Michael Dominick on Twitter: So with a little help from my kid, my #GalagoPro was broken today.
• GUI Automated testing framework : CoderRadio

After we happily avoid the recent MacBook scandals, we deep dive into hardware for a bit.. And then pull it out with a overview of Microsoft Async/await pattern.

Links:

• The Core i9 MacBook Pro Has a Serious Throttling Problem
• Apple confirms MacBook Pro thermal throttling, software fix coming today - The Verge
• Linux Academy - Microsoft Azure Training Architect (Remote)
• Pallet Town: Async / Await - dominickm.com
• Asynchronous Programming with async and await (C#) | Microsoft Docs