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Mike and Chris have a strong reaction to beer from Utah, and then get into the weeds around Mike’s new gear, the situation with Qt, and a few new tools they’ve recently found.Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: Gitpod — In a blink of an eye from any GitHub project, pull request, or issue to a ready-configured, fully-featured online IDE and terminal. Nativefier — Make any web page a desktop application

After digging into some feedback, we react to the big upset in the world of React Native. Plus some recent hoopla, a new way to get started contributing to open source, and more!Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: Win95 in a box Scoop — A command-line installer for Windows Steve's Travel Hack Sunsetting React Native — Due to a variety of technical and organizational issues, we will be sunsetting React Native and putting all of our efforts into making native amazing. React Native: A retrospective from the mobile-engineering team at Udacity — We removed the last traces of React Native from the apps because the only remaining React Native feature was being sunset and we no longer had to support it. CodeTriage — Help out your favorite open source projects and become a better developer while doing it.

Mike's adventures with Qt land him on Windows 10 this week battling DLL hell. He shares the latest developments in his attempt to build his next app with Qt. Plus some feedback, thoughts on AMP, and why dynamic linking keeps Mike up at night.Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: Qt is not for Johnny gary likes the Qt Eric fround a QML Library for .NET Qml.Net - Qt/Qml integration/support for .NET ZMQ Setup for Qt Dev on Windows vcpkg: C++ Library Manager — C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS Google AMP - A 70% drop in our conversion rate Qt FAQ — With a term license of Qt for Application Development or Qt for Device Creation, you pay a recurring fee during the time you develop with Qt and distribute the developed applications. You receive all updates and will be able to access online systems. After the term ends, you are no longer entitled to develop with Qt or further distribute the applications developed with Qt. Applications already distributed can be used, but not maintained. Can I use Qt LGPL license and sell my application without any kind of restrictions?

Mike shares more first impressions of Qt, the surprising places we’ve found QML in the wild, and why or why not to use Qt. Plus we answer some questions, share some travel hacks, and discuss the top programing languages of 2018, as declared so by the IEEE.Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: Jacob's lookin for a change Mark's Travel Bag Hack BAGSMART Travel Electronic Accessories Thicken Cable Organizer Bag Portable Case Devil’s Dictionary for Tech The 2018 Top Programming Languages Tesla announces using Qt in their cars QML

Mike’s ordered a surprise new rig, Chris is getting particular, and do a first impressions of Qt Creator. Plus why we all need to pull back on the AI hype a bit, and more!Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: Michael Dominick on Twitter: I seem to be melting machines at an alarming rate Michael Dominick on Twitter: So with a little help from my kid, my #GalagoPro was broken today. GUI Automated testing framework : CoderRadio

After we happily avoid the recent MacBook scandals, we deep dive into hardware for a bit.. And then pull it out with a overview of Microsoft Async/await pattern.Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: The Core i9 MacBook Pro Has a Serious Throttling Problem Apple confirms MacBook Pro thermal throttling, software fix coming today - The Verge Linux Academy - Microsoft Azure Training Architect (Remote) Pallet Town: Async / Await - dominickm.com Asynchronous Programming with async and await (C#) | Microsoft Docs

We ruminate on Python’s founder stepping down, and ponder if it was inevitable. Plus the topic of hardware and software workflows is back in the news, and Instapaper goes independent. So why does that feel like a bad thing?Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: PyCharm CE ​Python language founder steps down Google’s new ‘Seedbank’ Living with the new 15-inch MacBook Pro Instapaper is going independent Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR

The Uno platform recently got our attention, and Jérôme from the project joins us to explain a few things, and have a frank discussion about what they've gotten right, that others have missed. Plus your emails, a bit of hoopla, and more!Special Guest: Jérôme Laban.Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: I just went on a coder binge Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction To Programming No Escaping an Echo Chamber Mailspring - The best free email app Spark Email Uno Uno Playground Currents

Mike discovers a new open source project that promises a free UWP Bridge for iOS, Android and WebAssembly. We kick the tires and share our first thoughts. Plus a nasty software failure is striking down new iMac Pro's, and the 7 most cited reasons engineers quit.Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: Les has a MS Electron Prediction Robert has the best question ever sent into the show... iMac Pro - is anyone *not* experiencing "… Uno Uno Playground Why engineers leave your company: The 7 most-cited reasons

Tech companies are taking over cities and becoming more powerful than some nations. Is there a moral stand developers inside these huge corporations should be taking? Or is the shift to a chicken farmer economy truly best for all? It's a very introspective edition of the Coder Radio show.Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: Making rent in Silicon Valley How Tech Companies Conquered America’s Cities - The New York Times

Mike's got a dream, and it's a dream where Microsoft saves us from Electron. Now historically speaking, he's been wrong every single time. But this week we'll make the case why we all need to collective pull for his vision.Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: Java in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference: Ben Evans, David Flanagan: 9781492037255: Amazon.com: Books Java: The Complete Reference, Eleventh Edition: Herbert Schildt: 9781260440232: Amazon.com: Books Modular Programming in Java 9 - O'Reilly Media Java 9 Modularity - O'Reilly Media

We chat with GitLab’s CEO and co-founder Sid Sijbrandij, about the GitLab model, the changes they’ve made since Microsoft purchased GitHub, his thoughts on that acquisition, and his compelling case for 100% remote work.Special Guest: Sid Sijbrandij.Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: Michael Dominick on Twitter — "The more I did into the #WWDC sessions and docs, the happier I am with it. They keynote was just bad or perhaps more directed at consumers. @ChrisLAS #CoderRadio #Apple" Michael Dominick on Twitter — @ChrisLAS is going to have a lot of fun making fun of me on the next #CoderRadio… I gave up on the onsite thing already. #remotework" Sid Sijbrandij (@sytses) Sid presenting Remote Work Best Practices Team Handbook | GitLab

Microsoft is buying GitHub, Apple just kicked off WWDC 2018, and we've got a packed show!Sponsored By: Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Links: MSHub == FOSS Love? - dominickm.com GitLab on Twitter — "We're seeing 10x the normal daily amount of repositories #movingtogitlab https://t.co/7AWH7BmMvM We're scaling our fleet to try to stay up. Follow the progress on https://t.co/hN0ce379SC and @movingtogitlab" Microsoft on GitHub

After a bit of CoffeeScript reminiscing we get down to data and design.And discuss why the bot market has collapsed, and how Google is running the table in AI. Plus a few classic Coder moments, feedback, and more.Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: CoffeeScript Thoughts on Dart? Google Facebook Face GDPR Privacy Complaints on 1st Day — Europe’s sweeping new data privacy regime came into effect this morning, and privacy activists are not wasting time in flexing their muscles. One organization has already made official data protection complaints about Google, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, while another is going after the shadowy data brokers that trade people’s information behind the scenes. Android Creator Puts Essential Up for Sale, Cancels Next Phone — Company cancels development of second version of smartphone Google Home Outsells Amazon's Echo for the First Time Ever — Google knocked Amazon out of the top spot for the first time by increasing sales of Google Homes a staggering 483 percent year-over-year to 3.2 million units versus 2.5 million Echo devices for Amazon Data and design are tools that, together, build great experiences for your users

The future is JavaScript and Mike’s seen the way. Plus we answer a listener's questions about career changes, discuss the week’s hoopla, and share a cautionary tale.Sponsored By: Linux Academy: Sign up for a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxacademy.com/coders Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: veritanuda says we missed the ROM Prob Peter is ready for a change of job Microsoft acquires AI company to make Cortana and bots sound more human The End of Third-Party Twitter Clients? 1Password 7 Going Subs