Coder Radio

Mike’s making some big changes to his workflow, and sharing the tools in his box. We’ll look at the transition to Ubuntu Linux for Mike and his dev team, and the productivity advantages they see.

Plus planning for scale, a fresh look at Vala, your emails, and more!

Mike and Chris chew on the major problems patent trolls are creating for small and large development shops.

Then it’s a race to the bottom for software prices, and the guys have a few theories on what, if anything, developers can do to carve out a living.

Mike discusses the culture clash between the ASP.Net framework diehards, and the recent converts. ASP.Net and Azure services have been at the core of project Mike and his team have had underway for a couple months and they’ve gotten a good feeling of it’s strengths and weakness.

Plus our live reaction to SteamOS, ending the platform/tool wars that even your benevolent hosts find themselves falling into, your feedback, and much more!

iOS 7 is landing and Mike and Chris discuss what’s in store for developers, and the real reason to put a 64bit CPU in a cell phone.

Plus the core of what’s wrong with Microsoft, practicing security from the start, your emails and more!

We’re joined by two gentlemen from dotCloud, the folks behind Docker. We chat about what Docker is best at, how far out the 1.0 release is, the projects use of Go, the future of Docker, and much more.

Plus is the commoditization of software development a bad thing? Your emails, and more.

It’s a Monday holiday episode of the Coder Radio show, so we opened up the Skype lines and officially declare this episode a grab bag of topics!

From the death of JavaScript to Android vs iOS we touch on a list of favorite topics.

Steve Ballmer’s legacy at Microsoft is controversial. We look over the long list of big and quiet successes and failures under his watch as CEO. Plus what we think the big problem facing Microsoft is going to be long term, and if they can really transform into a “devices and services” company.

Plus we’ll discuss the big problem with SourceForge, self taught programing vs structured schooling, your emails, and more!

We chat with Dan at the Mozilla about his work on the Persona project, and how Mozilla offers developers a neutral platform for effective authentication.

Plus our thoughts on what’s troubling the Ubuntu Edge project, a batch of your questions, and much more!

Hiring can be a real pain in the butt. The guys share the horror stories from interviews they’ve conducted that went horribly wrong. Plus a few tips for getting a gig.

Then the guys chew on the dev hoopla of the week, and read some great emails.

Mike and Chris bare it all on their classic work/life balance struggles. Dealing with the unique circumstances of working at home, why it’s not the dream 9-to-5 types picture.

Plus your feedback, a few follow ups and much more!