# iSad

URL: /show/coder-radio/15/
> Chris and Mike take a look at joining an open source project, the formerly brown Ubuntu as a developer platform. Dell is getting ready to launch Sputnik, but should you jump on board or take a big old bite of a Macintosh? Plus should the release of the iPhone 5 and the Lumia 920 turn developer heads?

- Show: [Coder Radio](/show/coder-radio/)
- Episode: 15
- Date: 2012-09-17
- Hosts: chris, michael
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/-wtBgFYfpt4





### Episode Links

#### Feedback

  * Jay writes in to report that I have swayed him on his views on piracy in 20,000 Leagues Under Java.
    * About Windows Phone 8
    * A few anonymous writers write in with tales of ‘Imposter’s Syndrome’
    * A number of listeners ask: ‘why don’t you get a Fire and root it?’
    * David writes in to let us know that he went with CouchDB and is happy with it!

#### This Week’s Dev World Hoopla

  * [Github CRASHED!!!](https://github.com/blog/1261-github-availability-this-week/index.html)
  * [Steam Greenlight](http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight/index.html)
  * iPhone UUID Apocalypse — just another reason to use paid apps
  * The iPhone 5 release — le bore
  * [Amazon Enters the Maps Game](http://www.amazonappstoredev.com/2012/09/amazon-maps-api.html/index.html)
  * [Google says ‘NO’ to Aliyun and here’s why](http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/09/pirated-android-apps-featured-prominently-on-aliyun-app-store/index.html)

#### My Week Working in Ubuntu As a Dev Box

  * The death of the air…
  * The Sputnik developer experience
  * My dev stack on Ubuntu
  * Why Ubuntu over Mac?

#### The Open-Source Inductee’s Oath

  * [Geary](http://redmine.yorba.org/projects/geary/wiki/index.html)
  * Ok, how do I volunteer for open-source?

#### Vala — A Hidden Gem

  * Syntax similar to C#
  * Compiles down to C, then compiles with the system’s native compiler (ie gcc)
  * Can be freely mixed with C

#### Book of the Week

  * [Ubuntu Unleashed 2012 Edition: Covering 11.10 and 12.04](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0672335786?SubscriptionId=0RGQ32M03RDWT5YF2K82&tag=thelinactsho-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0672335786)

#### Tool of the Week

  * [Day Journal](http://www.iloveubuntu.net/keep-journal-lightweight-dayjournal-ppa-available/index.html)