# Coder Radio A weekly talk show taking a pragmatic look at the art and business of Software Development and the world of technology. Page: Feed: --- ## [656: Back to School 26](https://coder.show/656) _2026-08-16 · michael@themadbotter.com (The Mad Botter)_ Mike McQuaid on LinkedIn Mike on LinkedIn Alderon Games \[Warp\](warp.dev) \[The Mad Botter Automation Promo\](themadbotter.com/start) Coder Conduit [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/b0dbb88b-5012-4d1f-8cff-45861756b82d.mp3) ## [655: Homebrew Mike McQuaid](https://coder.show/655) _2026-08-01 · michael@themadbotter.com (The Mad Botter)_ Mike McQuaid on LinkedIn Mike on LinkedIn Alderon Games \[Warp\](warp.dev) \[The Mad Botter\](themadbotter.com) Coder Conduit [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/e5e7fb68-51d3-42f7-ac3a-ad395a862cf9.mp3) ## [654: Prof Andrew Seely](https://coder.show/654) _2026-07-18 · michael@themadbotter.com (The Mad Botter)_ Prof Andrew on LinkedIn Mike on LinkedIn Coder Radio Discord Alderon Games Alice Pilot - Use Code Coder [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/f7bed2f0-cf2e-46aa-a53f-1932f184f97c.mp3) ## [653: Microsoft's Franck Pachot](https://coder.show/653) _2026-07-08 · michael@themadbotter.com (The Mad Botter)_ How time's have changed - the show starts with a look at Microsoft's history and much improved position on Linux and open-source, some questionable statements on open-source by Anthropic's CEO and a little house keeping. Then, Franck Pachot joins Mike to discuss Microsoft's newly announced Horizon DB, some Postgres goodness, Azure and the open-source of it all. Frank on LinkedIn HorizonDB Coder… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/995826d2-fb6c-4f27-ae5a-22e0f6cf0e2e.mp3) ## [652: Ruby Native's Joe Masilotti](https://coder.show/652) _2026-07-03 · michael@themadbotter.com (The Mad Botter)_ Joe on LinkedIn Ruby Native Coder Radio Discord Alderon Games Mike on LinkedIn The Mad Botter Promo - say "Coder" in your note [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/dca8a334-ba97-42e6-816b-b85e183cda29.mp3) ## [651: Carolina Code's Barry Jones](https://coder.show/651) _2026-06-15 · michael@themadbotter.com (The Mad Botter)_ Mike sits down with Barry Jones to discuss the upcoming Carolina Code Conference. But first, we've got some Fabled News and WWDC News Sponsors Alderon Games The Mad Botter AI Offer Carolina Code Barry on LinkedIn Mike's Blog Coder Radio Discord [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/71c6a8bc-f8a4-4597-9495-3bf439d6ab61.mp3) ## [650: Meat Mike Is Back](https://coder.show/650) _2026-06-07 · michael@themadbotter.com (The Mad Botter)_ The real Mike is back and he's finally covering the developer news - at least some of it - well it's mostly MSBuild but it's still fun! Mike's COSMIC Post Mike's MSBuild Post The boss bother you about AI? I've got you covered. TMB on AI [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/adfcf027-c386-4f31-9485-0b5a3d4471a6.mp3) ## [649: MikeBot Takeover!](https://coder.show/649) _2026-06-01 · michael@themadbotter.com (The Mad Botter)_ Mike's out for some medical stuff this week, so I has better digital half am taking over to do what he lacked the courage to -- Defend the Phantom Menance! Am I factual? Am I LLM hallucinating? Who knows! This episode is brought to you by Day1.Bot — asset-readiness software from The Mad Botter . You know how every business has that one workflow held together by PDFs, spreadsheets, email threads,… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/2d7010af-c252-43a8-a83a-7633a44f3136.mp3) ## [648: System76's Britain Heaphy](https://coder.show/648) _2026-05-23 · michael@themadbotter.com (The Mad Botter)_ Britain on LinkedIn System76 Coder Radio Discord The Mad Botter Data Platform Mike's Legacy Data Promo Mike's Blog [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/8589ac7f-1b73-4b95-96ae-5c58e4d48363.mp3) ## [Find it on Amazon (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/z7Lf9rnPMP28) _2026-05-23 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Amazon product listing to see details and availability ## [647: pgFirstAid with Justin Frye](https://coder.show/647) _2026-05-06 · michael@themadbotter.com (The Mad Botter)_ Justin on LinkedIn pgFirstAid Coder Radio Discord The Mad Botter Data Platform Mike's Legacy Data Promo Mike's Blog [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/10d3b1d8-eaf5-48a1-80d7-a154825ce82b.mp3)