A weekly talk show taking a pragmatic look at the art and business of Software Development and related technologies.
After reminiscing about .Net's 20th birthday, Mike and Chris air IBM's hypocritically dirty laundry and marvel at Microsoft's 3D chess moves.
Mike makes a shocking admission, and Chris wishes he had a time machine.
Microsoft's cold war with Apple is revealed in court filings this week, and Google thinks they've got the next hit on their hands, which sounds a lot like the old hit.
The audience hits us in the face with some hard truths, and then we dig into Microsoft's fox-like moves to snatch up Activision Blizzard on "the cheap."
Emboldened by his success, Mike takes a victory lap. Little does he know it's all virtual.
Was he justified? Our thoughts on the dev who corrupted libraries in NPM for millions of users with his political statement about free software.
Mike has a significant moment of clarity and sets out on a new path for 2022. Meanwhile, Chris is just happy to be out of the woods.
Mike finds a new normal and doubles down on what works. Chris meanwhile is stranded in the woods and is having a bit of a panic.
We're both impressed by Rails 7 and how an old foe got us down again.
The broader software problem the Log4Shell vulnerability reveals, and the story of how Chris lit his Coder robe on fire... While wearing it.
We peak in on one of the nastiest corporate moves in a while, and Chris has a big confession.
Mike visits Pallet Town and comes back with some SQLAlchemy performance wisdom to share. Meanwhile, struggling with a lack of performance, Chris has kicked the tires of his new M1 Max MacBook Pro and is ready to share his counter-narrative take on the new hardware.
