Coder Radio

Ballmer is trying to pin it all on Bill, MacBook follow up & Lemur struggles.

Let's get real about the tools we use this week.

Mike betting on server side bots & AI, making the big jump from the MacBook to a System76 Lemur running Linux. We talk about the platform development opportunities for a small shop.

Plus how to design APIs that don’t suck & more!

The Dash debacle gets the full Coder this week & Mike’s got a new sweet keyboard he tells us all about.

Plus how it feels to learn Javascript in a React world & more!

We flunk and debunk the Joel test, and ponder the long tail of coder interviews gone wrong, Apple's removal of Dash, KDevelop on windows & more!

Mike & Chris share hard earned lessons for the first time about the expected value in the effort we put into our various next great ideas, marketing, attending conferences & whatever “networking” is suppose to be.

The growing case for Swift on the server & Java 8’s underplayed success are the two main topics this week. We also discuss Dart on Android & some platform fundamentals with renewed vigor!

Mike & Chris travel interdimensionally to discuss the pressure to get Swifty, marvel at Vapor.codes, witness the fall of Eclipse & the rise of Microsoft.

Plus our super quick take on the iPhone 7 & more!

The world's most egregious gadget sin is committed, why Mike still wants Star Trek gadgets, a Rust divorce, learning the fragile state of state & more!

The guys daydream about making the perfect developer platform, follow up a bit on Android N & grouse about Mike’s new Note getting recalled.

Plus some of our speculation about the September 7th Apple event, what old unmaintained code says about you & clearing the air on Angular v2.