Mac Wishlist
Coder Radio listeners will know that I’ve had a lot of angst for the last few years over modern Apple’s treatment of the Mac as a platform. What some of them may not know is that I actually want to love the Mac again, but I find the product design decisions to be...
Foot In The Testing Door
We all know that not having automated tests is a sign of developers taking risky shortcuts. However, we tend to be a little shy as to why we so often feel compelled to take this shortcut — client budgets. Let’s just be honest, we know that we should have some...
Why Alice Runs JavaScript
Over at The Mad Botter I've been working my tail off trying to get a new version of our AI Slack bot Alice out before the end of the new year. As the code has become more complex, I turned to Typescript, Microsoft's programming language that's intended to bring static...
FOSSGiving 2017
Long time readers of this blog and Coder Radio listeners may recall that for the last few Thanksgivings I’ve been writing up or covering on the show my list of open-source tools that I am thankful for that I feel will be significant in the year to come; if you’re...
Galago Pro Review
Coder Radio’s Mike reviews his Galago Pro from System 76
Bashing Bash
Coder Radio listeners who already caught Monday’s show will know that I have been playing around with Bash on Windows. To be specific I was using the Ubuntu “app” available on the Windows Store and made not modifications to it or my system. The experience of just...
About Me
Hi! I’m Mike! I’m a software engineer who codes at The Mad Botter INC. You might know me from Coder Radio or The Mike Dominick Show. Drop me a line if you’re interested in having some custom mobile or web development done.
