# Scooby-Doo of Code Hiding

URL: /show/coder-radio/523/
> We open the robe and spend a little time chatting about the software development business.

- Show: [Coder Radio](/show/coder-radio/)
- Episode: 523
- Date: 2023-06-21
- Hosts: chris, michael
- Duration: 00:44:11
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b44de5fa-47c1-4e94-bf9e-c72f8d1c8f5d/62cea496-fb86-4cd3-bac7-996958c3fa1b.mp3



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### Episode Links

  * [Devicescript](https://github.com/microsoft/devicescript "Devicescript") — DeviceScript brings a TypeScript developer experience to low-resource microcontroller-based devices. DeviceScript is compiled to a custom VM bytecode, which can run in very constrained environments.
  * [GitHub accused of varying Copilot output to avoid copyright allegations](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/github-accused-of-varying-copilot-output-to-avoid-copyright-allegations/ar-AA1clZK3 "GitHub accused of varying Copilot output to avoid copyright allegations") — GitHub is alleged to have tuned its Copilot programming assistant to generate slight variations of ingested training code to prevent output from being flagged as a direct copy of licensed software.…
  * [Google doesn’t want employees working remotely](https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/7/23753323/google-doesnt-want-employees-working-remotely-anymore "Google doesn’t want employees working remotely") — “We know that a number of people moved to fully remote work for many good reasons, as we all adjusted to the pandemic. For those who are remote and who live near a Google office, we hope you’ll consider switching to a hybrid work schedule. Our offices are where you’ll be most connected to Google’s community. Going forward, we’ll consider new remote work requests by exception only.”
  * [Hybrid combines the worst of office and remote work](https://world.hey.com/dhh/hybrid-combines-the-worst-of-office-and-remote-work-d3174e50 "Hybrid combines the worst of office and remote work") — The hybrid arrangement kills many of the key benefits of remote work
  * [Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed](https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65669537 "Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed") — In 2021, the company approached IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) firms, who dispose of old technology for businesses that no longer need it. The answer came back: "Sorry, we have to shred old drives."
  * [The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens](http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://www.wired.com/story/odni-commercially-available-information-report/ "The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens") — A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans.
  * [Alby: Your Boost companion for the web](https://getalby.com/ "Alby: Your Boost companion for the web") — Create an Alby Account to get a lightning wallet for payments wherever you go. 
  * [Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/487548 "Coder Radio on the Podcastindex.org") — Send a Boost into the show via the web. First, top-up Alby, then head over to our entry on the Podcast Index.