Episodes

  • 609: More Rust With Honey
    Mar 5 2025
    For our listener Q&A, we tackle questions about the evolution of hybrid web/mobile app development, the licensing concerns around AGPL3.0 open-source projects, and the changing landscape of contract software development in a post-zero-interest-rate environment. We'll also discuss the current trend of AI integration and how developers can approach it effectively.
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    19 mins
  • 608: R With Eric Nantz
    Feb 24 2025
    House Keeping Google / YouTube Update Join the Discord! Feedback Rust in the Linux Kernel. R Stuff What is R Again? Great presentation by John Chambers at UseR! 2006 https://www.r-project.org/conferences/useR-2006/Slides/Chambers.pdf The times have changed, now R is very much suited for production use and not just an academic research language Highly recommend reading Advanced R for more comprehensive details on the quirks of the language https://adv-r.hadley.nz/index.html R VS Python for Data? Different philosophies on the use of the language CRAN vs PyPi Interoperability becoming more mainstream now Visualization: R has always been leaps and bounds ahead (Grammar of Graphics, interactive widgets, etc) R Dev Stack? IDEs: RStudio, now Positron https://positron.posit.co/ Managing package installations with renv https://rstudio.github.io/renv/ Building web apps with Shiny: https://shiny.posit.co/ (I got so engrossed in this space that I created the Shiny Developer Series because of it) Early adopter of using Docker with R in devcontainers with VS-Code. New tech I’m excited about to enhance dev stacks and sharing apps WebAssembly with webR https://docs.r-wasm.org/webr/latest/ Shiny apps in webR? Yes you can https://github.com/RConsortium/submissions-pilot4-webR Managing dev environment combined with Nix: The rix package https://github.com/ropensci/rix (More organized links for show notes) R Language: https://r-project.org Posit (formerly RStudio): https://posit.co RStudio IDE https://posit.co/products/open-source/rstudio/ Positron (still in beta): https://positron.posit.co/ History of S and R presentation by John Chambers at useR! 2006: http://www.r-project.org/user-2006/Slides/Chambers.pdf Advanced R (2nd edition) by Hadley Wickham https://adv-r.hadley.nz/index.html Shiny - Easy interactive web applications with R: https://shiny.posit.co/ renv - Project environments for R: https://rstudio.github.io/renv/ R Markdown: https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/ WebR - R in the browser: https://docs.r-wasm.org/webr/latest/ Rix - Reproducible Data Science environments for R with Nix: https://github.com/ropensci/rix Chromatic by ModRetro FPGA Mike’s Review Eric’s Thoughts Eric's Socials R Weekly Highlights: https://serve.podhome.fm/r-weekly-highlights Shiny Developer Series: https://shinydevseries.com/ R Podcast: https://r-podcast.org Bluesky: @rpodcast@bsky.social Mastodon: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-nantz-6621617/ Coder's Socials Mike on X (https://x.com/dominucco) Mike on BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/dominucco.bsky.social) Coder on X (https://x.com/coderradioshow) Coder on BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/coderradio.bsky.social) Show Discord (https://discord.gg/k8e7gKUpEp) Alice (https://alice.dev)
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    55 mins
  • 607: Warp's Zach Lloyd
    Feb 16 2025
    Warp (https://warp.dev) Zach on X (https://x.com/zachlloydtweets?lang=en) Mike on X (https://x.com/dominucco) Mike on BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/dominucco.bsky.social) Coder on X (https://x.com/coderradioshow) Coder on BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/coderradio.bsky.social) Show Discord (https://discord.gg/k8e7gKUpEp) Alice (https://alice.dev)
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    31 mins
  • 606: Coder's Next Steps
    Feb 5 2025
    A brief important update from Chris about some upcoming changes to the podcast.
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    4 mins
  • 605: The Democrats Behind DeepSeek
    Jan 29 2025
    DeepSeek has everyone freaking out; we'll look at what's legitimately fascinating, what bits have been an overreaction, and the big mistake that made this all possible. Plus, there's some bad news for Java fans.
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    46 mins
  • 604: The Startup Myth
    Jan 22 2025
    We dig into the Rails 8 Solid Trifecta, our thoughts on why fewer developers are taking jobs at startups, and a new buzzphrase: Framework Fatigue.
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    39 mins
  • 603: COSMIC Defenders
    Jan 15 2025
    The CEO who bet on SwiftUI—and lost their job. Then poke some fun at Rust stans, SalesForce claims they're not hiring any developers in 2025, and more!
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    43 mins
  • 602: Dude, You're Getting a Dell Pro Max Micro Plus!
    Jan 8 2025
    CES 2025 Secrets Revealed: A developer’s dream or just more hype? Plus, NVIDIA flexes its AI muscles, and we're admittedly impressed. Then, our thoughts on Dell's historic rebrand.
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    45 mins