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The Azure DevOps Podcast is a show for developers and devops professionals shipping software using Microsoft technologies. Each show brings you hard-hitting interviews with industry experts innovating better methods and sharing success stories. Listen in to learn how to increase quality, ship quickly, and operate well. Hosted by Jeffrey Palermo and sponsored by Clear Measure, Inc.
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Glenn Condron: .NET Web Development - Episode 293
Glenn is a Principal Product Manager for the App Platform team within the Developer Division at Microsoft, focusing on .NET. Before joining Microsoft, Glenn was a developer in Australia where he worked on software for various government departments.
Topics of Discussion:
[2:47] Glenn’s career path.
[6:33] The old .NET vs the new .NET.
[8:09] .NET was initially Windows-only but is now being rebuilt as open-source, cross-platform software.
[9:40] The evolution of .NET.
[9:53] .NET core.
[14:04] New features and ideas presented at .NET Conf.
[16:26] Aspire.
[18:58] Every piece of an Aspire solution uses open Telemetry as a standard.
[19:26] Redis.
[27:15] Aspire knows all the “what’ and “how” to deploy to the cloud, without explicit cloud knowledge.
[32:36] The intent of AZD.
[36:57] Handling the components of Aspire.
[40:21] How to add custom resources to Aspire.
[41:00] Opinionated vs non-opinionated development in the .NET ecosystem.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Clear Measure Way
Architect Forum
Software Engineer Forum
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
Glenn Condron on New Capabilities on .NET - Ep 58
Glenn C GitHub
DevBlogs Glenn C
Building Cloud Native Apps with .NET 8
Introducing .NET Aspire
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Richard Hundhausen: Product Ownership - Episode 292
Richard Hundhausen helps software organizations and teams deliver better products by understanding and leveraging Azure DevOps and Scrum. He is a Professional Scrum Trainer, Professional Scrum Developer, author of Professional Scrum with Azure DevOps (MS Press), and co-creator of the Nexus Scaled Scrum framework. As a software developer and consultant with over 30 years of experience, he understands that software is built and delivered by people and not by processes or tools.
Topics of Discussion:
[3:03] Is it really that easy to teach developers?
[3:34] Scrum implementation and best practices for developers and managers.
[5:11] What is a Scrum trainer and developer?
[6:40] Reminding teams to talk to each other and deliver value earlier.
[6:47] Remembering not just the nouns, but the verbs: improve, collaborate, share, love the values, commit, have courage, be open, have focus, and be respectful.
[8:39] The importance of having the right teams.
[12:04] Improving software development efficiency through cross-functional teams.
[13:47] The importance of being a self-managing team.
[15:04] When we outsource everything to HR to find a good culture, that can perpetuate the “it’s someone else’s job” mentality.
[15:24] Bigger companies vs. smaller companies.
[17:44] Giving creatives the space to create.
[21:09] HDD (Hypothesis-driven development) can help us learn early and adapt.
[29:27] The importance of focusing on outcomes and impacts, rather than just measuring resources, activities, and outputs.
[31:08] Outcomes and impacts are where we should be focused.
[32:40] One percent of product owners using Scrum as intended?
[33:27] Even if you don’t have a product owner, have someone who orders the work.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Clear Measure Way
Architect Forum
Software Engineer Forum
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
Accentient
Upgrade Your Team
Daniel Pink
Practicing Hypothesis-Driven Development in Azure DevOps
“Richard Hundhausen on Professional Scrum — Ep 100”
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Mads Torgersen: The Latest in C# - Episode 291
Mads is the Lead Designer of the C# language and has been at Microsoft for 18 years. Prior to this, Mads was a professor and contributed to a language starting with J. He was previously on episode 164 of the podcast where he spoke about the latest on C# at the time.
Topics of Discussion:
[3:40] The serendipitous career path Mads took that led him to C# and Microsoft.
[6:17] Where are the high points of where the C# language has gone over the past six months?
[7:40] Adding a unified syntax.
[10:00] Primary constructors.
[15:43] Some new features in C# are still too early to see their full impact, but we can still have hypotheses about how they will affect programming.
[16:14] Non-nullable conversion.
[21:45] Learning C# and its evolution.
[23:24] The concept of everyday C#.
[26:15] C# goals.
[33:02] Does C# have a clear category?
[39:41] Generative AI.
[41:16] AI's impact on coding and the impact generative AI is having on development.
[47:17] Will AI replace the career opportunities for developers?
[51:21] Acknowledging the disruptive nature of AI with also the belief that it will lead to societal changes, including job displacement, and hopes for environmentally sustainable productivity gains.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Clear Measure Way
Architect Forum
Software Engineer Forum
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
Github.com/CSharplang
Ep #164: Mads Torgersen on C#10 and .NET6
Microsoft C# documentation
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Mark Miller: Voice User Interface - Episode 290
Mark Miller, is an eight-year C# MVP with strong expertise in decoupled design, plug-in architectures, and great user interfaces. He is the Chief Architect of the IDE Tools division at Developer Express, as well as the visionary force behind productivity tools like CodeRush. Mark is a top-ranked speaker at conferences around the world and has been creating tools for software for almost four decades. On top of all that, Mark also streams live C# and typescript coding and design on Twitch.TV/CodeRushed!
Topics of Discussion:
[4:12] Mark’s passion for creating developer tools.
[7:08] Why Mark loves developer tooling.
[7:52] UI design and developer tools with a focus on efficiency.
[10:35] Mark recounts his early days in UI.
[12:41] AP testing is starting to grow in popularity.
[13:38] User experience design evolution and paradigm shifts.
[15:25] Using voice commands for coding and software development.
[20:25] Using Azure Cognitive Services for fast file opening and accessibility in Visual Studio.
[26:31] Voice-to-code technology and its potential impact on software development.
[31:20] Coding and language use in software development.
[33:04] Mark shares some code examples.
[36:25] Using AI for voice commands and file management.
[45:27] This release promises using simple expressions, but the technology is built to grow.
[48:06] Customizing voice commands for Visual Studio, including mapping keys and volume thresholds.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Clear Measure Way
Architect Forum
Software Engineer Forum
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
CodeRush
Mark Miller — The Science of Great UI in Software Ep #212
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Richard Lander: Containerization and Linux - Episode 289
Richard Lander is a Principal Program Manager on the .NET team at Microsoft. He’s been with Microsoft since 2000, and working on .NET since 2003! Currently, he’s working on runtime features, docker container experience, blogging, and customer engagement. He’s also part of the design team that defines new .NET runtime capabilities and features.
Topics of Discussion:
[4:31] Richard talks about the technologies that we should already be using and what we should be looking to adopt in the near future.
[6:58] Azure services.
[7:22] The benefits of using Aspire, and why people should be interested in using it.
[14:00] What has Richard been working on over the last several years?
[14:14] Improving container image size and reducing complexity in a.NET application.
[19:52] Web Assembly and WASI, web assembly system interface.
[23:48] Docker containers have a spec called OCI, open container initiative.
[26:50] Canonical and building chiseled containers.
[36:02] Nano-framework.
[36:53] Using Raspberry Pi for edge computing and density in IoT projects.
[41:38] Using Linux and Windows for development work.
[46:55] Improving container image publishing experience in .NET.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Clear Measure Way
Architect Forum
Software Engineer Forum
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
Richard Lander on the New .NET Platform
What is .NET, and why should you choose it?
The convenience of .NET
Announcing .NET Chiseled Containers
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Rockford Lhotka: Philosophy on Architecture - Episode 288
Rockford Lhotka is VP of Strategy at Xebia and Chief Software Architect at Marimer LLC. He is the creator of the open-source CSLA .NET development framework, the author of numerous books, and regularly speaks at major conferences around the world. Rockford is a member of the Microsoft Regional Director and MVP programs.
Topics of Discussion:
[3:36] Rockford’s career path at Xebia and consulting.
[5:18] Building frameworks that stand the test of time.
[6:38] Changes in the CLSA user base and the two major inflection points.
[11:40] How Rockford thinks about the general spectrum.
[16:14] The ways we can improve education include decades of previous experience and education.
[17:15] We need to ask why more.
[28:12] The job of an application architect.
[30:15] The “layer cake” as a visual way to express the concept.
[32:57] Separating business logic from user interface.
[33:53] The need for practical tools and frameworks that make developing easier.
[34:05] The five layers in the layer cake approach.
[47:03] The beauty of consistent coding.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Clear Measure Way
Architect Forum
Software Engineer Forum
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
Lhotka CSLA Episode 210
CSLA.NET
Rockford Lhotka LinkedIn
Rockford Lhotka
Rockford Lhotka Blog
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