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340: The Optional Option Jan 15, 2019

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Wes joins Mike for a special Coder. They share thoughts on the costs and benefits of Optionals in Swift, uncover Mike's secret love affair with F#, and debate the true value of serverless.

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Mark's IoT Feedback
IOKit — The I/O Kit framework implements non-kernel access to I/O Kit objects (drivers and nubs) through the device-interface mechanism.
Does iPad Pro (2018) support IOKit? — IOKit has included iOS support since 2.0
Elixir — Elixir is a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications.
Craft and deploy bulletproof embedded software in Elixir
NervesHub — NervesHub helps you manage firmware updates for Nerves devices.
Elixir Mix Podcast — A weekly discussion with Elixir developers.
Optional - Swift Standard Library — A type that represents either a wrapped value or nil, the absence of a value.
Swift optionals explained simply
F# Software Foundation — F# is a mature, open source, cross-platform, functional-first programming language
Datomic Ions — Ions let you develop applications for the cloud by deploying your code to a running Datomic cluster.
Rich Hickey on Datomic Ions

339: One Week at a Time Jan 07, 2019

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Mike’s just had the talk, and now it's time to make some changes. Including admitting he was wrong about Swift.

Plus we read some feedback, answer some questions, and destroy another computer.

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Year of Structure Feedback
Sleep Feedback
Can PWAs Do This?
Ionic Native - BLE
Swift - Apple Developer
Michael Dominick on Twitter — "Well I am starting the new year with a bang it seemed I nuked another laptop @ChrisLAS #CoderRadio"
Michael Dominick on Twitter — "With Apple Care protection this time... #macBookAir #CoderRadio @ChrisLAS… "

338: sleep(jesus); Jan 01, 2019

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Don’t call them resolutions, lets just call them reasonable goals. Mike and Chris share their plans for 2019’s ground work, and why every single thing is fair game.

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The VHS of Software...
OmniGraffle — Create beautiful diagrams and designs with this powerful and easy to use app.
iA Writer — iA Writer removes distractions, giving you a calm, focused writing space.
Working Copy, Git on iOS — The powerful Git client for iOS that clones, edits, commits, pushes & more.
Year of Theme inspired by the Cortex Podcast
Turning Pro (Audiobook) by Steven Pressfield — Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work

337: 2018's Deal Channels Dec 27, 2018

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The guys drink some Liquid Christmas Tree and reflect on the major trends of 2018, and the stuff they are preemptively freaking out about for 2019.

336: It's The Culture Stupid Dec 18, 2018

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Chris is back from his trip to Denver to tour System76’s factory, and what he discovered while he was there was the last thing he was expecting.

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Thelio - System76

335: Everyone’s Going Chrome Dec 11, 2018

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Estimates can be a very tricky thing to get right, but they are vitally important. Peter Kretzman joins us to make it all a bit easier and clearer.

Plus Chris thinks he knows why Microsoft is willing to kill off their Edge browser engine and switch it out for Chromium. But can he convince Mike?

Special Guest: Peter Kretzman.

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Electron — The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. It is based on Node.js and Chromium and is used by the Atom editor and many other apps.
Visual Studio 2019
Connect(); 2018 Xamarin Announcements
The case against #NoEstimates: the bottom line
Recommended reading for the CTO/CIO
LinuxFest Northwest

334: Time Crisis Dec 09, 2018

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Mike and Chris don’t claim to have a time machine, but they still have a major problem to solve.

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333: Space Gray Handcuffs Nov 27, 2018

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iPad Pro is a great machine for people that don’t want to get too much work done.

But ultimately this week’s episode is about the guys catching up after a long couple weeks apart.

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Ferrite Recording Studio — Ferrite is the tool many podcasters and journalists reach for when they’re away from the studio.
‎LumaFusion video editor — Pro video editing and effects
Michael Dominick on Twitter — "Was running out of drive storage on my desktop, so I did the unthinkable @ChrisLAS. I opened it up and installed an additional HDD! What madness is that? #CoderRadio"

332: Before Coder Nov 07, 2018

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We answer how Chris and Mike started in independent contracting, and the lessons changes they’d make with some perspective of time.

Plus System76’s new Thelio hardware looks great, but would the Mac Mini be the wiser purchase? The guys debate. And a tool of the week, some news, and more!

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Mac mini
Thelio
ASP.NET Core Ditching .NET Framework — Microsoft yesterday (Oct. 29) said that going forward, ASP.NET Core 3.0 -- the Web framework part of the "Core" platform offerings -- will only run on the base NET Core 3.0 platform, not the traditional .NET Framework that has been a Windows-only mainstay for some 16 years.
Erick Roberts on Twitter — "@dominucco I went way back in the @coderradioshow archives hoping to get some back story on how you and Chris both started your independent contractor lives. Can you or @ChrisLAS point me to a blog post or a podcast episode. It cuts me off at episode 55."
Gogh — Color Scheme for Gnome Terminal and Pantheon Terminal

331: Blue Is The New Red Oct 30, 2018

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We react to the news that IBM is buying Red Hat, cover some feedback that sets us straight, and are pleasantly surprised by Qt Design Studio.

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Qt Design Studio 1.0 Released — Qt Photoshop Bridge – import your graphics design from Photosho
New LSP language service supporting Swift and C-family languages for any editor and platform — I'm excited to announce that we are going to start a new open-source project for a Swift and C-family language service based on the Language Server Protocol 1.6k. We've chosen to adopt LSP so we can benefit from its active community and wide adoption across other editors and platforms. This means that Visual Studio Code, Atom, Sublime Text, or whatever your favorite editor happens to be, can use the same service as Xcode, and any improvements we make to the service will benefit them all.
IBM to Acquire Red Hat — IBM will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Red Hat for $190.00 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $34 billion.
Forget Watson, the Red Hat acquisition may be the thing that saves IBM — Watson, the business division focused on artificial intelligence whose public claims were always more marketing than actually market-driven, has not performed as well as IBM had hoped and investors were losing their patience.
GitHub is now officially a part of Microsoft — With government approvals received, the acquisition announced in June is complete.
Remote Workers Are Outperforming Office Workers — Plenty of studies and surveys show the power of remote work when it comes to productivity.

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