Coder Radio

We get fired up about cloud lock-in, and attempt to find some common ground. But the overall framework for today's conversation is the important bits for developers from this years Microsoft Build and Google I/O events.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: Microsoft partners with DJI on a new Windows 10 drone SDK - The Verge Microsoft's Visual Studio Live Share collaboration service available to testers | ZDNet Visual Studio Live Share Android Jetpack  |  Android Developers — Jetpack is a set of libraries, tools and architectural guidance to help make it quick and easy to build great Android apps. It provides common infrastructure code so you can focus on what makes your app unique. Google Developers Blog: Introducing ML Kit What's new in Android security (Google I/O '18) - YouTube — Attend this session to learn about security features in Android and how they affect your apps. It will cover new APIs and best practices for protecting the integrity of your app and the privacy of your data. Google will soon require OEMs to roll out ‘regular’ Android security patches | 9to5Google

Focusing on a niche can catastrophically backfire when the market shifts, and Mike goes into full reviewer mode this week. Plus fresh out of Build the guys share the initial impressions of Microsoft’s big event, discuss their growing fear of Amazon, and resources for learning .Net Core.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: Amazon Is Finally Helping Developers Turn Alexa Skills Into Money — Amazon is announcing general availability in the U.S. for in-skill purchasing, which allows the creator of a skill to sell content to an Alexa user–both one-off purchases and monthly or yearly subscriptions, with the entire transaction handled inside the skill via voice on a device ASP.Net Core 2 Book / Resource Recommendations — I'm looking for some good book / website / youtube channel covering ASP.Net Core Pop_OS! 18.04 Review: Developer Perspective - dominickm.com — The marketing around Pop is all about developers and makers. I like the general message especially after Apple’s neglect of the developer community over the last few years. However, there’s basically nothing that makes Pop really for developers any more than stock Ubuntu 18.04 or really any other mainstream Linux distro. Hey guys, I need your advice....

Mike and Chris have a workflow hangover, hit rock bottom, and bounce back with a new understanding. Plus the creeping revelation that our future is embed. 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: Azure Sphere PDF Kubuntu 18.04 has been released, featuring the beautiful KDE Plasma 5.12 LTS | Kubuntu Pop!_OS by System76

The death of desktop apps has reached the next stage, but the long transition to WebAssembly is going to hurt, and why the crushing demand for good enough will force us all to live a life of "Progressive Webbie Things".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: Design Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps - UWP app developer — Fluent Design guidelines and UI code examples for creating app experiences on Windows 10

We revisit IBM’s total dominance over the PC industry in the early 80s, how they got there, and how we can apply the IBM model to current events. Plus a batch of your feedback, and a defeated discussion about the state of all desktop operating systems and hardware kicked off by Apple’s taking our beer away.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: Big A Says Keep an Eye on Playgrounds Esteban with words from the gut History of IBM — In 1911 the company that leased Unit record equipment, especially Hollerith punched cards and card readers to government bureaus and insurance agencies, became the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR). Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956) took over in 1924 DOMINANCE ENDED, I.B.M. FIGHTS BACK - The New York Times — In agreeing to drop its antitrust suit against the International Business Machines Corporation, the Department of Justice has recognized what computer experts and securities analysts had long since concluded: I.B.M. no longer dominates the computer business. The Computer Chronicles - Profile of Big Blue - IBM (1985) - YouTube — A towering figure in the computing industry throughout the twentieth century, IBM has its own special episode dedicated to its business on this episode of The Computer Chronicles. IBM's First 100 Years: A Heavily Illustrated Timeline Apple's Revamped Mac Pro to Launch in 2019 - Mac Rumors — Panzarino was told in no uncertain terms that the Mac Pro will not be arriving before 2019 as the product is still in development Intel Hades Canyon NUC Review: A Tiny Machine With Smoking Performance — Compact design that doesn't skimp on ports. Front USB is always-on for charging gadgets. SD card reader right where media pros want it. Goes like stink. Quiet. Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro will be shaped by workflows — The answer, it turns out, was that Apple had decided to start completely over with the Mac Pro The Science of Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone (and Why You Should) — It's important to push the boundaries of your comfort zone, and when you do, it's kind of a big deal.

What we can learn from Mike’s first business failing in 2014? Mike shares some necessary balance to today’s celebrity CEO “stories”. And we discuss how having naive expectations, avoiding conflict, and a lack of focus can sneak up on you and hurt your business. Also some tips on how to change your expectations, embrace conflict, and maybe even be a bit ruthless. 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: Launching 70+ New Courses The myth of the celebrity CEO — They might make great newspaper copy, but high-profile "celebrity" CEOs brought in to deliver rapid results often have exactly the opposite impact. The CEO as Celebrity – Mastering Strategic Management — “Fame is other people’s perception of who you are,” said Oprah Winfrey. “In order to remain true to who you are, you have to be aware of it, but you can’t buy into it.” Must you be ruthless and selfish to be a really successful entrepreneur, and if so, why, and if not, why not? - Quora

What is focus for the software industry? And is focus always a good thing, or can it lead to tunnel vision? Plus we spend a bit more time saluting Sun Microsystems for their contribution to our industry. Plus some feedback, a bit of weekly Hoopla, and more!Sponsored By: Digital Ocean: For a limited time, you can grab $100 in DigitalOcean credit when you visit http://do.co/coder Links: Patrick says don't over value those Google emails Phil Says we don't talk about Sun Enough... Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel — Apple working on software platform to merge iPad, Mac apps NeXT vs Sun - YouTube — In 1991 Steve Jobs' company commissioned an head-to-head programming competition to show how much faster and easier it was to program a NeXT computer vs a Sun workstation. The NeXT operating system went on to be the foundation for Apple's Macintosh OS-X about a decade later. Sun Microsystems — Sun was founded on February 24, 1982.

Sun Microsystems was fertile ground for what might be the largest developer upset in ten years. We look back at some of the real innovations Sun brought us, discuss the latest developments in Oracle's suit against Google, and the massive shift Microsoft announced today. This is one of those episodes we’ll be referencing back to for quite a while.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: Airmail — Designed for the latest generation iOS, it supports 3D Touch, fast document previewing, high quality PDF creation, and native integration with other apps and services for a frictionless workflow.… Richard requests insights Google Could Owe Oracle $8.8 Billion in Android Fight - Bloomberg — Google’s use of Java wasn’t ‘fair use,’ appeals court rules One Email Could Cost Google Billions in Its Fight With Oracle — “Wish them luck,” Rubin wrote. “Java.lang.apis are copyrighted. and sun [sic] gets to say who they license the tck to,” Rubin wrote. Google emails cast shadow over its defense against Oracle — In the 2010 email, Google software engineer Tim Lindholm tells Rubin that Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin had requested “technical alternatives to Java.” “We’ve been over a bunch of these, and we think they all suck,” Lindholm wrote, according to Ars Technica. “We conclude that we need to negotiate a license for java under the terms we need.” Rubin acknowledged he’d seen the message, the site reported. Backlash against tech companies is a wake-up call (opinion) - CNN Snapchat is building the same kind of data-sharing API that just got Facebook into trouble  - Recode — Snapchat is building a way for people to use their Snapchat account to connect with third-party apps. The idea, in theory, would let Snapchat users grant outside companies access to their Snapchat data to help personalize other services. Windows chief Myerson out in Microsoft reorganization | ZDNet — Microsoft's latest company reorg includes some major changes to its Windows and Devices organization, including the departure of its current leader, Terry Myerson. Thank you for 21 years, and onto the next chapter... | Terry Myerson | Pulse | LinkedIn

Mike and Chris find themselves at similar forks in the road with their business. And they both share raw observations from the front lines of some hard choices. Plus some weekly Hoopla, listener questions, 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: Question: What are your opinions about manufacturers ... — Breaking the X86 Instruction Set Follow Up: Just wanted to say I love the updates to the show — Just wanted to say I love the updates to the show, specifically the chapter markers (easy to use in PocketCasts) and links in the show notes. Mike's Weekend Fun Amazon’s new GameOn API helps developers add eSports competitions to their games — GameOn is built-on top of AWS and designed to work cross platform; as long as the system your game is running on can make API calls — be it mobile, console, or a computer — it should all work just fine. Facebook lets all PC games live stream and reward viewers — The potential for viral growth and sales could convince tons of game developers to bake in Facebook’s new SDK, while players could use the simple broadcasting feature to reach a big audience Coder Radio 300 Shirt and Hoodie Coder Coasters Coder Radio 300 Poster

It’s a special Coder Super show with big announcements and we look back at five years of Coder Radio. We have witnessed a massive shift of power. And it’s been happening right under developers noses. From the slowly won battle for control of the server, to Amazon’s to control over the Internet. 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: Noah aks about side project coder.show/rss Coder Radio - New Fancy Contact Page Coder Radio 300 Shirt and Hoodie — Get your celebratory shirt or hoodie now! Coder Radio Coasters — Coder Radio is celebrating episode 300 in style with these awesome coasters! Coder Radio 300 Poster — Celebrating 300 episodes of Coder Radio from Jupiter Broadcasting with this awesome titles poster! Calendar 2 made $2K in 3 days mining cryptocurrency, but Apple says it violated Mac App Store guidelines — Magarshak says that Qbix was able to earn about $2,000 worth of the cryptocurrency Monero during the three-day period that mining was live in the application. For comparison’s sake, Qbix has made around $700,000 from its apps over the last 7 years: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2018 — Each year, we ask the developer community about everything from their favorite technologies to their job preferences. This year marks the eighth year we’ve published our Annual Developer Survey results—with the largest number of respondents yet. Over 100,000 developers took the 30-minute survey this past January.

Chris is on the road & Mike’s been reflecting. Plus we answer some of your questions, which snowball into some much larger discussions. Then Mike’s made a list & he’s checking it twice.

Mike’s back from a conference in New York & to say he’s got a few things on his mind is putting it mildly. Strap in as we rip through myths, lies & salesmen.

Mike may have cracked the testing pitch, the harsh reason the Junior Developer is dying & a nice batch of audience questions and follow up. This week’s Coder Radio is just like mom’s cookin', but with a taste of Kotlin.

Why the hell did Microsoft open source PowerShell Core, .Net Core, Visual Studio Code? What could possibly be in it for them? Chris goes onsite to ask what’s been on everyone’s mind & figure out what their angle is. Plus the massive leaps Kotlin seems to be making, your questions, our answers & more!

Mike's got a Greenfield project he’s fired up & a tale of woes to go along with it. Chris inspires a mini-revolt over the weekend & both the guys have some remarks for the week’s Hoopla.