After a decade long fight, no one feels like a winner.

Plus, the tail of an embarrassing switch gone wrong, and our thoughts on Oracle vs. Google finally coming to an end.

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Ruby has gone off the rails this week, and Wes is here to explain what’s happened.

Plus emails into the show send Chris into a full Linux panic.

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Some sage developer wisdom is overshadowed by Mike's mad stonk game, while Chris worries Apple's secret M1 tricks charming Linux users.

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• Caesar Sengupta leaving Google after 15-year career — The initiative has been led by Caesar Sengupta who announced today that he’s leaving Google after nearly 15 years.
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• Apple's Longtime App Store Developer Relations Lead Retires — Okamoto was responsible for overseeing the ‌App Store‌ review process and policies, distributing tools to allow developers to build and sell apps, developer support, developer communications, developer awards, and he also handled the annual Worldwide Developers Conference.
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• Adobe details the transition of its apps to Apple Silicon — We compared an M1 MacBook to a previous-generation MacBook similarly configured, and found that under native mode, Photoshop was running 50% faster than the older hardware.

Mike goes straight for the attack and hits Chris where it hurts, then it's problem-solving time.

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Mike reveals his secret project to Chris, who has several probing questions.

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After we pine about the way things used to be, Mike shares why he is developing a fondness for C++.

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We open the robe and share some vintage career origin stories.

And we save Mike's soul by answering a few emails.

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Mike crosses over to report back from the other side, and Chris is along for the ride.

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After reflecting on more than 8 years of the show, we get into solving problems and taking names.

Plus a couple of special announcements, and some Hoopla we've just got to talk about.

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Then – How platform vendors are feeling the need to reclaim greater control from developers.

Microsoft is working on a bot that can deepfake you real good, and we have thoughts.

Plus some insights into testing, and a special friend returns to the show.

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