Azure DevOps Podcast
299 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsThe 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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Udi Dahan: Distributed Computing - Episode 192
May 09, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBUdi Dahan is one of the world’s foremost experts on Service-Oriented Architecture and Domain-Driven Design and is also the creator of NServiceBus; the most popular service bus for .NET. Udi joined us back on Episode 32 to discuss Microservices. Topics of Discussion: [2:47] Udi talks about some of the changes, and similarities, in distributed computing in the last five years as well as generational differences to approach learning. [11:27] Udi defines what a service mesh is and whe...
Scott Wlaschin: Domain Modeling Made Functional - Episode 191
May 02, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBScott Wlaschin is an expert on F#, author of the popular F# site fsharpforfunandprofit.com, and a board member of the F# Software Foundation. Known for his non-academic approach to functional programming, Scott is a popular speaker and has given talks at NDC, F# Exchange, DDD Europe, and other conferences around the world. Topics of Discussion: [2:40] Scott talks about how he got into F#, and the nonlinear path his career has taken. [4:00] Scott walks us through the history of F#. ...
Heather Downing: Retooling for the Future - Episode 190
April 25, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBHeather is a passionate coder and entrepreneur. She has experience working with Fortune 500 companies building enterprise-level voice, mobile, and C#/.Net applications. She focuses on external thought leadership, encouraging fellow programmers to present on topics outside of the office and in the community. She is also an international technical speaker, recently speaking at NDC, an early adopter of technology, and a conference organizer at KCDC, the Kansas City Developers Conference. ...
Mark Seemann: Code That Fits In Your Head - Episode 189
April 18, 2022 08:00 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBMark Seemann is a Danish software developer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. His professional interests include functional programming, object-oriented development, as well as software development in general. Apart from writing two books, he has also written numerous articles and blog posts about related topics. Despite being a mostly .NET developer, Mark takes most of his inspiration from sources across a wide range of technologies, including Haskell and lots of pattern books. Originally poise...
Derek Comartin: A Software Architect’s Mindset - Episode 188
April 11, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBDerek Comartin is a software developer with two decades of professional software development experience. He has written software for a variety of business domains, such as distribution, transportation, manufacturing, and accounting. Derek also has a very active blog and YouTube channel (CodeOpinion.com) that focuses on Software Architecture and Design. Topics of Discussion: [3:21] Derek’s mentor was an accountant who gave him more insight into business processes and changed his way o...
Daniel Markham: How to Share What You Know - Episode 187
April 04, 2022 08:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBDaniel is a semioticist logician (otherwise known as a programmer). He likes to help people learn to make better tech. He believes that once you know the “why,” you can figure out the “what” on your own. As an active coder and manager, Daniel has spent time the last several years with clients as an Agile/XP Technical Coach, helping them rediscover how to discover and create value at speed. His clients include several Fortune 100 companies all over North America. He is also a technical coach ...
Kevin Kirkus on Automated Testing Embedded Code - Episode 186
March 28, 2022 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBKevin Kirkus is a Principal Engineer at Intel. He has been there since 1999, designing, building, and testing Intel processors, both the chip and the code that runs the chips. Kevin is a Post-Silicon Validation Architect Lead for multiple Intel Xeon generations and more recently transitioned to Global Post-Silicon Automation Lead for server, client, and device products at Intel Corporation. He has served in various past areas of validation, such as PCIe, socket-interconnect, Platform Configu...
Sam Nasr on Azure AI & ML - Episode 185
March 21, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBThis week, Sam Nasr returns to the show. Sam is an IT Consultant specializing in .Net, SQL Server, and Azure. He is a Sr. Software Engineer focused on the Microsoft stack of technologies including .Net, SQL Server, Azure. As part of NIS Technologies, he provides consulting services, training, and custom app development to bring more value to business applications. Sam is also a leader at the Cleveland C#/VB .Net user group. Topics of Discussion: [2:37] Sam talks about getting inspira...
Chris Tacke on .NET 6 IoT on Linux - Episode 184
March 14, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBChris Tacke is an industry leader in managed application development for industrial process control, medical, telematics, and just about any other embedded industry. Chris specializes in Windows CE and the .NET Compact Framework, and mobile and embedded device application development. Topics of Discussion: [2:22] Fun fact! Chris got a degree in Geology long ago, and his first job was doing seismic work and hand-analyzing a lot of data. Chris talks about his first foray into programmi...
Henry Quillin on Prepping for a Career as a Software Engineer - Episode 183
March 07, 2022 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBHenry Quillin is a high school senior interested in software development, entrepreneurship, and blockchain/crypto. He has completed several internships and other contracts and recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He always has several software projects going including ProjectNEWM, an attempt to decentralize the music industry, and when not buried in VSCode or books, he enjoys weightlifting, cooking, and listening to podcasts. You can check out his website at ...
Chris Patterson on Messaging systems with MassTransit
February 28, 2022 09:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBChris Patterson is a Principal Architect at McKesson, the oldest and largest healthcare company in the nation. He is responsible for architecture supporting applications and services that enable McKesson’s distribution and technology solutions around the globe. Chris is active in the open-source community and has created many projects including MassTransit, a distributed application framework for .NET. He also is a regular conference speaker, sharing his knowledge and experience with develop...
Chris Patterson on Messaging systems with MassTransit - Episode 182
February 28, 2022 09:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBChris Patterson is a Principal Architect at McKesson, the oldest and largest healthcare company in the nation. He is responsible for architecture supporting applications and services that enable McKesson’s distribution and technology solutions around the globe. Chris is active in the open-source community and has created many projects including MassTransit, a distributed application framework for .NET. He also is a regular conference speaker, sharing his knowledge and experience with develope...
Migrating to Azure SQL with Mohamed Kabiruddin - Episode 181
February 21, 2022 09:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBMohamed Kabiruddin is a Senior Program Manager in the Azure SQL Product Team and is currently located in Redmond, Washington. Prior to joining the Product Team, he was a Cloud Solution Architect working with enterprise customers in Australia on all things Azure Data & AI. He is very passionate about the data community and loves to be a part of events that provide an opportunity to interact with like-minded data folks. Topics of Discussion: [2:12] What are the high points that have le...
Mohamed Kabiruddin on Migrating to Azure SQL - Episode 181
February 21, 2022 09:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBMohamed Kabiruddin is a Senior Program Manager in the Azure SQL Product Team and is currently located in Redmond, Washington. Prior to joining the Product Team, he was a Cloud Solution Architect working with enterprise customers in Australia on all things Azure Data & AI. He is very passionate about the data community and loves to be a part of events that provide an opportunity to interact with like-minded data folks. Topics of Discussion: [2:12] What are the high points that have led ...
Shawn Wildermuth on Next-gen web services - Episode 180
February 14, 2022 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBShawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a VIC-20 back in the early ’80s. He has been a Microsoft MVP, Pluralsight Author, and filmmaker. You can reach him at his blog at wildermuth.com or find out about his film at helloworldfilm.com. Topics of Discussion: [2:51] What were some of the highlights of Shawn’s career? How does his pragmatism come into play when helping developers create projects that actually add value? [5:04] What does Shawn mean whe...
Next-gen web services with Shawn Wildermuth - Episode 180
February 14, 2022 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBShawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a VIC-20 back in the early ’80s. He has been a Microsoft MVP, Pluralsight Author, and filmmaker. You can reach him at his blog at wildermuth.com or find out about his film at helloworldfilm.com. Topics of Discussion: [2:51] What were some of the highlights of Shawn’s career? How does his pragmatism come into play when helping developers create projects that actually add value? [5:04] What does Shawn mean w...
Shaun Walker on Blazor and Oqtane - Episode 179
February 07, 2022 09:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBJeffrey welcomes Shaun Walker, creator of Oqtane and also DotNetNuke web application frameworks, which have earned the recognition of being amongst the most pioneering and widely-adopted open-source projects native to the Microsoft platform. He has over 30 years of professional experience in architecting and implementing enterprise software solutions for private and public organizations. Shaun is also currently employed as the CTO of Professional Services for Cognizant. He talks with Jeffrey...
Jeffrey Palermo on Software Careers - Episode 178
January 31, 2022 09:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBThis episode gives the listener a rundown of the categories of work that are required in every software project. Jeffrey discusses a few of the many different types of careers in the software industry, defining what security means to you and your product, and executing your vision. Topics of Discussion: [3:38] Jeffrey names a few of the many roles that may be at a software company: the founder, programmers, product visionary, architect, developers, builders, sellers, project managers...
Bryan Costanich on .NET 6 IoT - Episode 177
January 24, 2022 09:00 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBThis week, Jeffrey welcomes Bryan Costanich, Founder of Wilderness Labs and former VP of Xamarin. Bryan talks with us about the state of .NET, the advantages and disadvantages of moving into the embedded space, and how embedded computing is the new revolution. Bryan is also on a mission to leave the world a little better than he found it. Topics of Discussion: [2:04] Bryan talks about his background and time at Xamarin, Microsoft, and the origins of Wilderness Labs. [4:16] What is th...
Jeff Fritz on The state of .NET - Episode 176
January 17, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBThis week, Jeffrey welcomes Jeff Fritz to the show. As an experienced developer, technical educator, and PM on the .NET team at Microsoft, Jeff also founded the Live Coders team on Twitch where he regularly livestreams builds of websites and fun applications. The two Jeffs talk about .NET 6, the .NET Conf, Jeff’s passion for getting .NET in education and what that takes, and why C# needs to also be in more standard settings. They also talk about starting simple and building to the complex in ...
The state of .NET with Jeff Fritz - Episode 176
January 17, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBThis week, Jeffrey welcomes Jeff Fritz to the show. As an experienced developer, technical educator, and PM on the .NET team at Microsoft, Jeff also founded the Live Coders team on Twitch where he regularly livestreams builds of websites and fun applications. The two Jeffs talk about .NET 6, the .NET Conf, Jeff’s passion for getting .NET in education and what that takes, and why C# needs to also be in more standard settings. They also talk about starting simple and building to the complex in...
Data Science With Buck Woody - Episode 175
January 10, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBThis week, Jeffrey is joined by Buck Woody, Applied Data Scientist working on the Azure Data Services team at Microsoft. Buck has over 39 years of professional and practical experience in computer technology and is also a globally sought-after speaker and author. In this jam-packed episode, Buck talks about his passion for data and why it’s important to recognize that data is the central part of anything, which means keeping people employed. He talks about his role in machine learning ...
Buck Woody on Data Science - Episode 175
January 10, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBThis week, Jeffrey is joined by Buck Woody, Applied Data Scientist working on the Azure Data Services team at Microsoft. Buck has over 39 years of professional and practical experience in computer technology and is also a globally sought-after speaker and author. In this jam-packed episode, Buck talks about his passion for data and why it’s important to recognize that data is the central part of anything, which means keeping people employed. He talks about his role in machine learning an...
Jimmy Engström on Blazor - Episode 174
January 03, 2022 09:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBThis week, Jeffrey is joined by Jimmy Engström, a Senior Developer, author, and speaker. Since he was 7 years old and got his first computer, Jimmy has been on the cutting edge of technology, always developing, and trying new things. When he got wind of Blazor, he immediately realized the potential and adopted it when it was only in beta. Since then, he has been running Blazor in production since it was launched by Microsoft. Jimmy’s passion for the .NET industry and community ha...
Aaron Stannard on the Actor Model with Akka.NET | Part 2 - Episode 173
December 27, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBIn this episode, Jeffrey is rejoined by Aaron Stannard for the second half of their two part interview! Be sure to turn into last week’s episode, “Aaron Stannard on the Actor Model with Akka.NET | Part 1” to learn all about Aaron’s career history and the creation of Akka.NET. Aaron is the founder and CEO of Petabridge and Sdkbin, building open source tools for .NET developers to build concurrent and distributed applications. He’s also the founder of MarkedUp Analytics, a real-time in-a...
Aaron Stannard on the Actor Model with Akka.NET | Part 1 - Episode 172
December 20, 2021 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBIn this episode, Jeffrey is joined by a deeply fascinating guest, Aaron Stannard! Aaron is the founder and CEO of Petabridge and Sdkbin, building open source tools for .NET developers to build concurrent and distributed applications. He’s also the founder of MarkedUp Analytics, a real-time in-app marketing and analytics service used by 1000+ developers, and has spent some time inside Microsoft as a Startup Developer Evangelist. In this conversation, Aaron shares the story of his career...
Jessica Engström on User Experience - Episode 171
December 13, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBThis week, Jessica Engström joins the podcast to speak about user experience. Jessica is an international speaker, teacher, podcaster, mentor, geek, and the CEO of her own company. One of her passions is the developer community where she organizes conferences, events, streams, and runs multiple user groups. She's also the co-host of the Coding After Work Podcast and Twitch channel! One thing that Jessica is absolutely sure of is that you can never learn enough! And this is why she is c...
Arthur Vickers on Entity Framework in .NET 6 - Episode 170
December 06, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBThis week, Jeffrey is joined by Arthur Vickers, an Engineering Manager on the Entity Framework team at Microsoft. With Microsoft only just recently releasing .NET 6 and Entity Framework Core 6.0, it is no exaggeration to say that the last few weeks have been very busy for Arthur. With lots of feedback coming in from new users and over 100,000 downloads in just the first week on NuGet, Arthur has a ton to share about EF Core 6.0 with listeners today. Arthur shares the origin story...
Egil Hansen on Blazor Testing with bUnit - Episode 169
November 29, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBThis week, Jeffrey is joined by Egil Hansen; a Principal Developer at Delegate, as well as a Microsoft MVP and a .NET Foundation member. Egil has a strong focus on creating maintainable software and loves DDD, TDD, Blazor, and clean code principle. He also streams his coding live on Twitch every Monday and Wednesday. Egil is also the creator and maintainer of bUnit; an open-source library for testing Blazor components, and AngleSharp.Diffing; a library for semantic comparison of HTML i...
Michael Washington on Blazor in .NET 6 - Episode 168
November 22, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBThis week, Michael Washington is once again joining the podcast to discuss all things Blazor! He previously joined the podcast on episode 88, where he discussed the state of Blazor back in May 2020. Michael is an ASP.NET and C# programmer who has extensive knowledge in process improvement, billing systems, and student information systems. He also is the founder of two websites, AiHelpWebsite.com and BlazorHelpWebsite.com — both fantastic resources that help empower developers. Michael ...
James Shore on the Art of Agile Development - Episode 167
November 15, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBToday, James Shore joins The Azure DevOps Podcast! James teaches, writes, and consults on Agile software development. He is co-author of the classic Agile how-to guide, The Art of Agile Development, and is the co-creator of the Agile Fluency® Model; a highly-regarded guide for Agile adoption. He is also the recipient of the Agile Alliance’s Gordon Pask Award for Contributions to Agile Practice. James’ book, The Art of Agile Development, first came out in late 2007. This year (late 2021...
Eilon Lipton on Blazor Desktop - Episode 166
November 08, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBThis week, Eilon Lipton is joining the podcast! Eilon is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft. Eilon has been entrenched in the .NET world since it publicly came out. He started out as an intern at Microsoft on the ASP.NET team in 2000 and then came back to Microsoft in a full-time position in 2002 and has been with the company ever since. Some of his career highlights include working on the update panel control, seeing technologies like Blazor come around and bringing C# off of the se...
John Miller on Microsoft Teams Apps with Blazor - Episode 165
November 01, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBThis week, Jeffrey is joined by John Miller to discuss Microsoft Teams Apps with Blazor. John Miller is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft. Lately, he has been working on the MS Teams toolkit to make Teams Apps with Blazor. He also works on Visual Studio Tools for Unity. With .NET 6 just around the corner and Blazor support and enhancements coming out, John shares all about the work he is doing with Microsoft Teams Apps with Blazor, the Teams toolkit, TeamsFx, and Visual Studi...
Mads Torgersen on C# 10 and .NET 6 - Episode 164
October 25, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBJoining Jeffrey today is return guest, Mads Torgersen! Mads is the Lead Designer of the C# language and has been at Microsoft for 16 years. Prior to this, Mads was a professor and contributed to a language starting with J. He was previously on episode 49 of the podcast where he spoke about the latest on C# at the time. In this episode, Mads talks about C# and the next wave of C# 10 and .NET 6. With only three weeks away to the big release, Mads shares what he is most excited for as th...
Dan Patrick on Securing Azure Deployment - Episode 163
October 18, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBThis week, Jeffrey Palermo is joined by Dan Patrick, the Chief Infrastructure Architect for Solliance. Dan leads the DevOps and Infrastructure practice focusing on accelerating the customer's velocity to the cloud. He has been designated as a Microsoft MVP for Azure and is also a 15-year veteran of Microsoft. In the continuing theme of Cyber Security Month, Jeffrey and Dan are speaking all about how to secure your Azure deployment. Dan highlights the important security measures that al...
Bob Ward on SQL Edge to Cloud - Episode 162
October 11, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBThis week, Jeffrey is joined by Bob Ward, a Principal Architect for the Microsoft Azure Data team. Bob has worked for Microsoft for 27+ years on every version of SQL Server shipped from OS/2 1.1 to SQL Server 2019, including Azure SQL. He is a well-known speaker on SQL Server and Azure SQL; often presenting talks on new releases, internals, and specialized topics. Additionally, he has a popular web series online, called “Azure SQL 4 Beginners.” In this episode, Bob speaks about SQL Edg...
CyberSecurity Awareness Month with Troy Vinson - Episode 161
October 04, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBThis week, Jeffrey is joined by Troy Vinson; a Principal Software Architect at Clear Measure as a CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional.) He is an experienced leader, architect, and problem-solver in Information Systems Security and Software Development technologies and has spent the majority of his career integrating computer science, information science, and cognitive science to assist in software development and the management of information. With October being C...
Azure SQL Database with Anna Hoffman - Episode 160
September 28, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBToday, Jeffrey is joined by Anna Hoffman; a Data & Applied Scientist and Program Manager on Microsoft's SQL Engineering team. Anna is also the host of the popular Azure SQL video show, Data Exposed, and a contributor to the recently published book, Practical Azure SQL Database for Modern Developers: Building Applications in the Microsoft Cloud. In this episode, Anna shares her insights and advice on Azure SQL Database. She speaks about the upcoming features and exciting news coming out...
Joe Guadagno on the Latest in Azure DevOps - Episode 159
September 20, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBThis week, Jeffrey is joined by Joe Guadagno! Joe is a Director of Engineering at Rocket Mortgage, the nation’s largest mortgage lender based in Detroit, Michigan. He has been writing software for over 20 years, has been an active member of the .NET community, and has served as a Microsoft MVP in .NET for more than ten years. At Rocket Mortgage, Joe leads three software development teams building and modernizing our internal services. He has spoken through the United States and international...
Daniel Roth on Web Development with .NET 6 - Episode 158
September 13, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBDaniel Roth is a program manager on the ASP.NET team working on ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and other web features. He has previously worked on various parts of .NET, including System.Net, WCF, XAML, and ASP.NET. And his passions include building frameworks for modern Web frameworks that are simple and easy to use. Daniel was last on the podcast over two years ago in episode 47 to discuss Blazor DevOps. In this episode, he and Jeffrey discuss web development with .NET 6.0. He shares the high...
Konstantin Dinev on Multi-Team DevOps - Episode 157
September 06, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBIn today’s episode, Jeffrey is joined by Konstantin Dinev, the Director Of Product Development at Infragistics, Product Lead for Ignite UI, co-organizer of ISTA Conference, and the founder of Bellum Gens. In this conversation, Konstantin speaks about his role at Infragistics as the Director of Product Development and how he manages multiple teams that deliver multiple applications. He shares how he maintains his teams’ productivity while delivering consistent quality, the types of tes...
Rob Reynolds on Automation with Chocolatey - Episode 156
August 30, 2021 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBThis week, Rob Reynolds, the founder and CEO of Chocolatey Software, is joining the podcast! Rob is a developer-turned-founder who has been involved with several highly successful open source projects related to automation in the Windows ecosystem. He has over 10 years of experience in infrastructure automation, modern automation approaches, and agile methodologies. Most of all, Rob strives for simplicity and automation with low-maintenance solutions that solve customer needs. In...
Jason Beres on DevOps for Shipping Libraries - Episode 155
August 23, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBThis week on the podcast, Jeffrey is joined by none other than Jason Beres! Jason is the Sr. Vice President for Developer Tools at Infragistics; the world leader in user interface development tools and experts in User-Centered Design. As a senior software executive, Jason has over 25 years of experience in high-tech with a focus on customer and user experience, and has been with Infragistics for the last 17 of those years. DevOps for shipping code as opposed to shipping applications ...
Dean Guida on the Future of .NET Components - Episode 154
August 16, 2021 23:42 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBJoining Jeffrey this week is the CEO and founder of Infragistics, Dean Guida! Infragistics is the world leader in user interface development tools and experts in User-Centered Design; empowering you to build and style immersive user experiences and rich data visualization in line with business applications across all platforms. Dean Guida shares his insights on the future of .NET components; lessons he has learned having run a software company for over 30 years; his top recommendations...
Continuous Integration Review - Episode 153
August 09, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBIn today’s solo episode, join your host Jeffrey Palermo as he discusses continuous integration. With the ease of setting up triggered builds on build servers (such as Azure Pipelines or GitHub actions), it can be easy to think that once the documentation of the product is followed, we are done — but that's not the case. The DevOps tools currently on the market have gotten really good at making some of the steps easy, but, there are other steps where it's still up to you to put them in ...
Scott Hunter on Preparing for .NET 6 - Episode 152
August 02, 2021 21:18 - 33 minutes - 31 MBThis week, Jeffrey is rejoined by return guest, Scott Hunter! Scott is the Director of Program Management for .NET at Microsoft. When Scott first joined Microsoft back in 2007, he was working on the ASP.NET team. As the Director of Program Management of .NET, Scott and his team build .NET Core, .NET Framework, ASP.NET, Entity Framework, managed languages (C#/F#/VB), as well as the Web and .NET Tooling for Visual Studio. The last time Scott was on the podcast, he and Jeffrey spok...
Amanda Silver on What’s Coming for Developers - Episode 151
July 26, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBJoining the podcast this week is Amanda Silver! Amanda is the Corporate Vice President (CVP) of Product for Microsoft's Developer Division which includes the Visual Studio family of products, .NET, TypeScript, and Azure developer platforms. She has been key to Microsoft's transformation to contribute to open source with the introduction of TypeScript, Visual Studio Code, and the acquisition of both Xamarin and GitHub. She believes that a tight digital feedback loop with zero distance between...
Capers Jones on Software Quality and Productivity - Episode 150
July 19, 2021 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBThis week, Jeffrey is joined by Capers Jones! Capers is a software engineer and prolific researcher and publisher. He's written over 17 books on software engineering, software metrics, and software best practices — covering quality, productivity, and many other topics. He is a founder of Namcook Analytics, which is an international software consulting company where he currently serves as the Chief Scientist. Mr. Jones has spoken at numerous conferences and also advises international governme...
David Starr on Better Engineering Practices - Episode 149
July 12, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week on the podcast, Jeffrey is welcoming an old friend of his, David Starr! David is a Principal Solutions Architect in the Azure Industry Experiences team at Microsoft where he focuses on helping companies bring their solutions to Azure and the Azure Marketplace, becoming Microsoft partners. David is the founder of ElegantCode.com, has served in numerous leadership roles, and has been an early and consistent advocate for Agile workflow and engineering practices. He is a co-host of his...
Richard Lander on the New .NET Platform - Episode 148
July 05, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBRichard is a Principal Program Manager on the .NET Core team at Microsoft. He's been with Microsoft for a total of 21 years, 18 of which have been with the .NET team (since 2003 when the codename was Whidbey!) Richard is truly a mover and shaker when it comes to pushing the .NET platform forward! Currently, he’s working on runtime features and performance, CLI experience, docker container experience, ARM32 and ARM64 support, IoT/GPIO/PWM support, blogging and customer engagement, and speakin...