The Mad Botter

Coder Radio

A weekly talk show taking a pragmatic look at the art and business of Software Development and the world of technology.

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The Mad Botter

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Technology

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Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

603: COSMIC Defenders 15.01.2025

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!

602: Dude, You're Getting a Dell Pro Max Micro Plus! 08.01.2025

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.

601: The 10X Exec 01.01.2025

Some debates never die, and this week, we’re reigniting one of our spiciest from the archives. Plus, our boldest 2025 predictions yet.

600: Mikestrodamus 18.12.2024

We’re taking a victory lap down memory lane. From spooky-accurate predictions to "did we really say that?" moments, this one’s for the history books.

599: GPU Game Theory 11.12.2024

Sam's Checkmate: How Open Source AI and Silicon Valley Kingmakers dethroned the OpenAI emperor! Plus, Tesla's API Apocalypse has arrived.

598: No Code is just Other People's Code 04.12.2024

GitHub has done the research, brought the receipts, and knows just what to do to get more developers into the flow state. Is it legit or hype? We’ll dig in. Plus, making the case that Rails is better low code than low code, and we help someone go from Pizza to Rust.

597: Make Google Great Again 27.11.2024

A survey found that nearly 10% of developers are ghosts doing nothing - our thoughts on that, AI Big Brother as a service comes to the workplace, OpenAI's NYT standoff, and Google's growing problem.

596: Chrome For Sale 20.11.2024

We react to Microsoft's new vision for the desktop PC, discuss the realities of working with large dependency chains in your projects, and discuss Google selling off Chrome. Then, we read some spicy tech CEO emails!

595: Year of the Snake 13.11.2024

Python's eating the world - and AI's helping it digest. A cheeky look at why this programming language is suddenly everywhere and the bizarre tale of how AI infiltrated the last place you'd expect.

594: Smart Contracts for Dumb People 06.11.2024

Malicious NPM packages are sneaking into codebases while FFmpeg devs prove old-school assembly skills can still smoke the competition. Plus, a rare bee species takes on Zuck's AI dreams.

593: Bake Your Own Linux Cake 30.10.2024

Mike reports in from the COSMIC frontier! Plus: Microsoft's juicy Google drama, GPU eye candy that'll make your wallet nervous, and the tea on why OpenAI's AGI Czar went full scorched-earth on his exit.

592: C++ Safety Dance 23.10.2024

C++'s Borg-like mission continues, and some thoughts on Rails 8.1. Plus, there is a little trouble in Microsoft Paradise. And why Chris finally paid for an LLM.

591: FOSS does what Nintendont 16.10.2024

We get frustrated with Nintendo. Then, dig into the 30-year-old backdoor that was recently exploited and the hard lesson we should learn from it. Then, we'll break down some "hot tips" that promise to make you the next DevRel star.

590: Google’s Loss is Our Win 09.10.2024

Our reaction to Google's major legal blow, forcing them to open the Play Store wide, our thoughts on the world's lovefest with AI-generated podcasts, and the next tool Microsoft is porting over from Linux.

589: Blame the Tools using the Tools 02.10.2024

Our thoughts on big tech firing up old nuclear reactors to satisfy the AI growth plans, Sam's big week, and debate if Meta just had their iPhone moment.

A Coder PSA 24.09.2024

A quick update from Chris on where the show is at this week, and what to watch out for next week!

588: Hulk Smash “PUNY DEVS” 18.09.2024

The insidious undercurrents threatening to crush open-source AI projects, plus our thoughts on Microsoft's "big changes" to Windows post-CrowdStrike.

587: Surfing the WSL Wave 11.09.2024

Our thoughts on the iPhone 16, and then Mike surfs the WSL wave.

586: Mike's Clone Army 04.09.2024

How Mike plans to win the Clone Wars with Dokku, we review some shocking developer data and say goodbye to another project DMCA'd by Apple.

585: From Ops to Dev and Back Again 28.08.2024

We reflect on the rise of DevOps and the frustrating dynamics that led to it. Plus, tech's latest bright idea: Roombas with attitude.

584: Google’s Poisoned Apple 21.08.2024

The walled garden wrecking ball is fueling up - where we think it strikes first. Plus, what was really behind the recent GitHub outage.

583: A Shekel for Every Click 14.08.2024

Apple goes into full crackdown mode and begins to squeeze even more out of developers and creators. Plus, why tiny models are suddenly the rage.

582: Intel: It Hurts Inside 07.08.2024

We take a look at SeaweedFS, roast Apple Intelligence, and reveal the vendor that caught Intel's mess before it shipped.

581: Lunacy Lake 31.07.2024

Why is Google feeling lucky, and the Intel situation slips into pure lunacy. Plus, thoughts on the C# Type Union proposal.

580: Error Lake 24.07.2024

Our thoughts on the CrowdStrike outage and why Intel is in the hot seat with developers.

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