

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.
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Jul 27, 2017 • 48min
Skills to Pay the Bills | CR 267
We solve some problems, and then go down the rat hole of self hacking to increase work, productivity & our health.
Then we gleefully watch as Coding Bootcamps begin to collapse & discuss the misleading metric that led them to their doom.
Plus Mike shares some straightforward code that solved a very annoying problem.

Jul 21, 2017 • 1h 12min
Mike the Botter | CR 266
Wes sits down with Mike to talk about Starbucks not-so-secret API, the state of the developer ecosystem & difficult challenges faced by FOSS vendors in the medical field.
Plus some fantastic feedback, Mike's true feelings about Swift & a whole lot more!

Jul 13, 2017 • 53min
Rented Windows Theory | CR 265
Microsoft slips a little Windows 10 into your Office365 & we discuss the huge shift they just pulled off, plus a little real talk about growing pains and doldrums & the pains of over building a system.
Plus your feedback & much more!

Jul 7, 2017 • 1h 4min
Toxic Licensing | CR 264
Mike updates on spinning up his business in Florida, we debate limiting the use of the GPL & try to better understand the recent System76 Pop!_OS news.
Plus the industry is going all in on AI & spending less and less on other types of research. Mike discusses the huge potential issue that could be facing developers down the road.

Jun 30, 2017 • 57min
The Guilty Bug | CR 263
We ponder the ethical dilemma of a developer who has replaced himself with a bot, debate the possibility of ever making money from bots & have some tough love for Apple on the iPhone’s 10th anniversary.
Plus discuss System76’s new Pop!_OS & Mike’s adventures in Florida.

Jun 23, 2017 • 51min
Summer of GitHub | CR 262
We discuss the week’s developer hoopla & the beard joins us to share his insights. It's a fun episode with a range of topics, including the recent rush to GitHub by a number of open source projects.

Jun 15, 2017 • 48min
Basic Bot | CR 261
Mike shares some insights into building bots & a little sample code to get you started. Plus we discuss the week’s developer news & spend a bit of time on feedback.

Jun 9, 2017 • 1h 11min
The WWDC17 Episode | CR 260
After Mike gets a few things off his chest, we dive into the most developer relevant announcements & news from Apple’s WWDC 2017.

Jun 2, 2017 • 57min
Hi-Tech Lady Tubes | CR 259
The open source model has won, we discuss the impact that’s having on the development industry. Plus Swift gets a little more interesting, & Chris is ready for his lady in a tube!

May 26, 2017 • 1h 4min
Bad Process SIGKILLs | CR 258
The “process manager from hell” is driving our listener crazy! We have advice that’s a little unconventional. Then we discuss the slow demolition of the culture of youth taking place in tech, that could be shifting everything.
Plus Microsoft’s huge Git commit, Quick Designer in Qt Creator 4.3 & some follow up on Kotlin.