

Coder Radio
The Mad Botter
A weekly talk show taking a pragmatic look at the art and business of Software Development and the world of technology.
Episodes
Mentioned books

May 4, 2025 • 48min
617: West Point's Sean McBride
SPONSER LINK
Mailtrap
Sean on X
Sean on LinkedIn
Sean's Blog
Coder's Socials
Mike on X
Mike on BlueSky
Mike's Blog
Coder on X
Coder on BlueSky
Show Discord
Alice
Alice Forms

Apr 25, 2025 • 47min
616: Event Modeling with Adam Dymitruk
Adam Dymitruk, a software developer and consultant specializing in event sourcing, discusses the transformative power of event modeling in software development. He shares his journey and highlights the importance of preserving historical data for system reliability. The conversation dives into the challenges of retrofitting legacy systems for compliance, navigating regulatory hurdles, and the role of AI in enhancing coding efficiency. Dymitruk also offers practical advice for beginners wanting to master event sourcing and adapt to client needs.

Apr 17, 2025 • 26min
615: Vibe Easter 25
SPONSER LINK
Mailtrap
Coder's Socials
Mike on X
Mike on BlueSky
Mike's Blog
Coder on X
Coder on BlueSky
Show Discord
Alice
Alice Forms
TMB Earth Day 2025 Competition

Apr 10, 2025 • 39min
614: Packfiles.io's Charlton Trezevant
Charlton's Socials
Packfiles.io
Charlton on LinkedIn
Coder's Socials
Mike on X
Mike on BlueSky
Mike's Blog
Coder on X
Coder on BlueSky
Show Discord
Alice
TMB Earth Day 2025 Competition

Mar 31, 2025 • 46min
613: Intel Aflame
Mike sits down with Matt from Alderon games to talk a little game development, Path Of Titans and whole lot of Intel woes
Alderon's Socials
Alderon Games
Matt on Twitter
Coder's Socials
Mike on X
Mike on BlueSky
Mike's Blog
Coder on X
Coder on BlueSky
Show Discord
Alice
TMB Earth Day 2025 Competition

Mar 24, 2025 • 40min
612: Framework's Matt Hartley
Matt Hartley, Linux Support Lead for Framework Computer, dives into the exciting world of modular technology and Linux during his chat. He discusses the evolution of Framework’s customizable laptops, designed for gamers and AI enthusiasts while emphasizing the importance of repairable tech versus disposability. The duo also explores new tools like Bazite and PlayJot to enhance the gaming experience on Linux. With a mix of humor and tech insights, they touch on custom Linux tiles and innovative gadgets, all while keeping the spirit of community alive.

Mar 17, 2025 • 41min
611: System76's Carl Richell
Carl sits down with Mike to talk ARM on Thelio, Linux computing, a little Rust (of course), SCALE, COSMIC and more.
Carl's Socials
Carl on X
System76 on X
System76
Coder's Socials
Mike on X
Mike on BlueSky
Mike's Blog
Coder on X
Coder on BlueSky
Show Discord
Alice
TMB Earth Day 2025 Competition

Mar 10, 2025 • 33min
610: RPA with Nick Proud
Nick's Socials
Nick on LinkedIn
Nick's Youtube
Nick's Book
NexBotix
Coder's Socials
Mike on X
Mike on BlueSky
Coder on X
Coder on BlueSky
Show Discord
Alice

Mar 5, 2025 • 19min
609: More Rust With Honey
For our listener Q&A, we tackle questions about the evolution of hybrid web/mobile app development, the licensing concerns around AGPL3.0 open-source projects, and the changing landscape of contract software development in a post-zero-interest-rate environment. We'll also discuss the current trend of AI integration and how developers can approach it effectively.

Feb 24, 2025 • 55min
608: R With Eric Nantz
House Keeping
Google / YouTube Update
Join the Discord!
Feedback
Rust in the Linux Kernel.
R Stuff
What is R Again?
Great presentation by John Chambers at UseR! 2006 https://www.r-project.org/conferences/useR-2006/Slides/Chambers.pdf
The times have changed, now R is very much suited for production use and not just an academic research language
Highly recommend reading Advanced R for more comprehensive details on the quirks of the language https://adv-r.hadley.nz/index.html
R VS Python for Data?
Different philosophies on the use of the language
CRAN vs PyPi
Interoperability becoming more mainstream now
Visualization: R has always been leaps and bounds ahead (Grammar of Graphics, interactive widgets, etc)
R Dev Stack?
IDEs: RStudio, now Positron https://positron.posit.co/
Managing package installations with renv https://rstudio.github.io/renv/
Building web apps with Shiny: https://shiny.posit.co/ (I got so engrossed in this space that I created the Shiny Developer Series because of it)
Early adopter of using Docker with R in devcontainers with VS-Code.
New tech I’m excited about to enhance dev stacks and sharing apps
WebAssembly with webR https://docs.r-wasm.org/webr/latest/
Shiny apps in webR? Yes you can https://github.com/RConsortium/submissions-pilot4-webR
Managing dev environment combined with Nix: The rix package https://github.com/ropensci/rix
(More organized links for show notes)
R Language: https://r-project.org
Posit (formerly RStudio): https://posit.co
RStudio IDE https://posit.co/products/open-source/rstudio/
Positron (still in beta): https://positron.posit.co/
History of S and R presentation by John Chambers at useR! 2006: http://www.r-project.org/user-2006/Slides/Chambers.pdf
Advanced R (2nd edition) by Hadley Wickham https://adv-r.hadley.nz/index.html
Shiny - Easy interactive web applications with R: https://shiny.posit.co/
renv - Project environments for R: https://rstudio.github.io/renv/
R Markdown: https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/
WebR - R in the browser: https://docs.r-wasm.org/webr/latest/
Rix - Reproducible Data Science environments for R with Nix: https://github.com/ropensci/rix
Chromatic by ModRetro
Chromatic: https://modretro.com/products/chromatic-tetris-bundle?variant=47637522579758
FPGA
Mike’s Review
Eric’s Thoughts
Eric's Socials
R Weekly Highlights: https://serve.podhome.fm/r-weekly-highlights
Shiny Developer Series: https://shinydevseries.com/
R Podcast: https://r-podcast.org
Bluesky: @rpodcast@bsky.social
Mastodon: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-nantz-6621617/
Coder's Socials
Mike on X
Mike on BlueSky
Coder on X
Coder on BlueSky
Show Discord
Alice