After a great batch of feedback we make some bold predictions for 2018, and it’s not your dad’s crystal ball this year.

Mike lays it all out for 2017 and makes the case that the small independent development model is fundamentally doomed. We spend the last Coder of the year being very honest about what hasn't worked in our businesses, about the limitations that life and circumstances put on us all & how we try to make the very best of the hand we’re dealt.

It’s not a typical end of year episode, but it might be the most important.

Mike’s spent a week with JavaScript, Apple has a big gift & that launching a new product glow.

Plus Linux’s new fight, Amazon’s big wins & the things that have really gone to hell.

Microsoft makes one of their boldest moves into open source yet, Mike’s got new wheels and turns it into a chance to reflect on building for voice interfaces, Amazon’s got a new way for devs to make money & we continue to ponder the best ways to achieve CI bliss.

Mike shares some recent lessons he’s learned trying to scale his team, some tools they tried & the processes that have stuck.

But first we kick it off with some of your feedback, a bit of Hoopla & wrap it up with a quick touch on hardware.

A new breed of platform wars is brewing, and developers and users are on the losing side more than ever. Plus Mike updates us on his recent NYC trip, a batch of your feedback, an app pick & more!

After Mike’s big Black Friday hardware score the guys try out a little Windows 10 challenge for their workflow & walk away a bit humbled and surprised by the experience.

But first Mike shares his late night session with JavaScript & the big change he’s making.

Plus our pick of the week, some hoopla & more!

Note: We keep making the audio better by the week. We make a switch mid-way in this episode to a new system we think sounds much better!

Mike gets real about the future of WebAssembly, discuss the team up of Amazon and Microsoft, the real cost of Javascript & the iOS revolt underway.

Plus we share the open source projects we’re most thankful for this year.

Mike’s back from DevFest Florida & shares something new he’s discovered, Kotlin takes a shot at Objective-C & now we can all code together, with Atom’s new trick.

Note: There is some rough “skype audio” at times, we had to use a backup recording. Totally listenable still & should be better next week.

Mike makes the case that he and Chris are dying breeds from a bygone era that need to hunker down & prepare for the cold winter. Plus we respond to a batch of great feedback, chat some contested hoopla & wrap it all up with a bit of small business wisdom.