AI DevOps Podcast

From humble beginnings as a mechanic who later became a software engineer/architect/now business owner and who has built software for some of the biggest companies on the planet, Clark's passionately unapologetic on a mission to create the most inclusive, tech-savvy, family-friendly community of geeks on the planet. Fueled by creativity, Clark invests his time partnering with companies on how to foster their communities while helping them solve business problems through innovative technology solutions and common sense.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:45] What events in Clark's career shaped and steered him in his current direction?

[4:29] Developmentor, and how Clark got into user groups and events.

[6:54] What should we know about That Conference?

[9:52] The growing culture of That Conference.

[12:22] The pros and cons of small tech conferences.

[12:41] That Conference is only a team of four.

[13:50] The importance of in-person connections and bonding at conferences.

[14:56] We want to meet other coders! How That Conference gets people together where the conversation is perfectly aligned.

[19:09] What was the first conference Clark attended?

[25:06] Tips for both newbies and return attendees for getting the most out of attending That Conference.

[26:09] Open spaces provide a place for unstructured conversation anytime, anywhere.

[28:40] Making the most of networking when the "density of nerds" is extremely high.

[28:55] At conferences, it's about the collective coming together.

[30:44] How can someone learn more and get involved with That Conference?

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

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!

Clark Sell on LinkedIn

Clark Sell on Twitter

That Conference

[email protected]

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From humble beginnings as a mechanic who later became a software engineer/architect/now business owner and who has built software for some of the biggest companies on the planet, Clark's passionately unapologetic on a mission to create the most inclusive, tech-savvy, family-friendly community of geeks on the planet. Fueled by creativity, Clark invests his time partnering with companies on how to foster their communities while helping them solve business problems through innovative technology solutions and common sense.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:45] What events in Clark's career shaped and steered him in his current direction?

[4:29] Developmentor, and how Clark got into user groups and events.

[6:54] What should we know about That Conference?

[9:52] The growing culture of That Conference.

[12:22] The pros and cons of small tech conferences.

[12:41] That Conference is only a team of four.

[13:50] The importance of in-person connections and bonding at conferences.

[14:56] We want to meet other coders! How That Conference gets people together where the conversation is perfectly aligned.

[19:09] What was the first conference Clark attended?

[25:06] Tips for both newbies and return attendees for getting the most out of attending That Conference.

[26:09] Open spaces provide a place for unstructured conversation anytime, anywhere.

[28:40] Making the most of networking when the "density of nerds" is extremely high.

[28:55] At conferences, it's about the collective coming together.

[30:44] How can someone learn more and get involved with That Conference?

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

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!

Clark Sell on LinkedIn

Clark Sell on Twitter

That Conference

[email protected]

Want to Learn More?

Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Daniel Roth is a Principal Product 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. His passions include building frameworks for modern Web frameworks that are simple and easy to use.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:08] Daniel talks about joining Microsoft fresh out of college and shares a brief history of how his career has evolved.

[4:10] Working on Blazor with Steve Sanderson.

[5:42] Different career paths at a company that sells software products.

[7:20] How product managers blend technical and business aspects of software development.

[10:40] There's nothing "normal" about Blazor.

[12:25] Why Daniel would recommend Blazor.

[15:34] The initial choice in building between Blazor server apps and web assembly apps, and how we have evolved past these two project template models.

[16:29] Blazor components can be rendered in different ways depending on the render mode chosen.

[27:15] The importance of maximizing choices in the future for an application.

[30:28] Azure bill updates.

[33:15] Server-side rendering, stateful vs stateless models, and new features in.NET 8.

[37:00] Other exciting Blazor news and features, such as enhanced navigation.

[39:55] Improvements for authentication and identity.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

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!

Ep #204 with Daniel Roth

BlazorMVC

BlazorMVC Nuget

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Daniel Roth is a Principal Product 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. His passions include building frameworks for modern Web frameworks that are simple and easy to use.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:08] Daniel talks about joining Microsoft fresh out of college and shares a brief history of how his career has evolved.

[4:10] Working on Blazor with Steve Sanderson.

[5:42] Different career paths at a company that sells software products.

[7:20] How product managers blend technical and business aspects of software development.

[10:40] There's nothing "normal" about Blazor.

[12:25] Why Daniel would recommend Blazor.

[15:34] The initial choice in building between Blazor server apps and web assembly apps, and how we have evolved past these two project template models.

[16:29] Blazor components can be rendered in different ways depending on the render mode chosen.

[27:15] The importance of maximizing choices in the future for an application.

[30:28] Azure bill updates.

[33:15] Server-side rendering, stateful vs stateless models, and new features in.NET 8.

[37:00] Other exciting Blazor news and features, such as enhanced navigation.

[39:55] Improvements for authentication and identity.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

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!

Ep #204 with Daniel Roth

BlazorMVC

BlazorMVC Nuget

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Maarten loves building web and cloud apps. His main interests are in .NET web technologies, C#, and application performance. He is Developer Advocate at JetBrains and created SpeakerTravel, a tool to help conference organizers. Maarten is a frequent speaker at various national and international events. In his free time, he brews his own beer.

Topics of Discussion:

[4:34] The mindset difference between developing software applications for everyday use versus developer tools, and how it affects the programming process.

[5:40] What is JetBrains, and why should .NET devs care?

[6:44] IDE stands for integrated development environments.

[9:01] JetBrains announcing Rider.

[10:31] Essential software development patterns for desktop applications.

[13:35] What does the code generally look like? Is it .NET events? Is it observer pattern?

[15:54] Maarten talks about the approach of creating general-purpose business applications with modular components, making development and maintenance more efficient.

[18:35] TeamCity, a continuous integration (CI) server used internally and for building products.

[19:50] The concept of a safe merge.

[21:11] JetBrains Toolbox.

[21:53] How Maarten compartmentalizes tests.

[24:44] Static analysis tools for code quality and customization.

[27:38] Duplicate code identifier.

[30:41] VS Code.

[32:13] What are some interesting things to look out for in the future?

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

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!

Maarten's Blog

Rider

Resharper

Building a .NET IDE with JetBrains Rider

NDepend

Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

.NET Annotated Monthly — Sept 2023

Want to Learn More?

Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Maarten loves building web and cloud apps. His main interests are in .NET web technologies, C#, and application performance. He is Developer Advocate at JetBrains and created SpeakerTravel, a tool to help conference organizers. Maarten is a frequent speaker at various national and international events. In his free time, he brews his own beer.

Topics of Discussion:

[4:34] The mindset difference between developing software applications for everyday use versus developer tools, and how it affects the programming process.

[5:40] What is JetBrains, and why should .NET devs care?

[6:44] IDE stands for integrated development environments.

[9:01] JetBrains announcing Rider.

[10:31] Essential software development patterns for desktop applications.

[13:35] What does the code generally look like? Is it .NET events? Is it observer pattern?

[15:54] Maarten talks about the approach of creating general-purpose business applications with modular components, making development and maintenance more efficient.

[18:35] TeamCity, a continuous integration (CI) server used internally and for building products.

[19:50] The concept of a safe merge.

[21:11] JetBrains Toolbox.

[21:53] How Maarten compartmentalizes tests.

[24:44] Static analysis tools for code quality and customization.

[27:38] Duplicate code identifier.

[30:41] VS Code.

[32:13] What are some interesting things to look out for in the future?

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

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!

Maarten's Blog

Rider

Resharper

Building a .NET IDE with JetBrains Rider

NDepend

Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

.NET Annotated Monthly — Sept 2023

Want to Learn More?

Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Scott is the Vice President of Product for Azure Developer Experience. He builds all the .NET tools for Azure.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:20] Scott talks about joining Microsoft in 2007 and a few of his most memorable milestones and moments.

[5:55] .NET Aspire

[6:46] The 3‒4 items in .NET that are important for developers to focus on.

[12:02] Improving.NET performance through AOT compilation.

[12:22] Introducing a self-contained application.

[19:09] Advancements in .NET technology and its applications.

[22:11] AI technology and its integration into various products.

[22:12] The generative pre-trained to chat transform (GPT).

[24:19] Semantic Kernel and open SDK in .NET.

[30:12] Aspire, a tool for simplifying web development.

[38:25] What Scott calls the orchestrator app.

[43:27] Scott's excitement for the multi-part cloud applications coming together.

[45:08] The great feedback that is already rolling in.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

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!

Ep #211 with Scott Hunter

Orchestrate Your AI with Semantic Kernel

openai sdk in .NET

Demystifying Retrieval Augmented Generation with .NET

.NET Aspire

.NET Conf

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Scott is the Vice President of Product for Azure Developer Experience. He builds all the .NET tools for Azure.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:20] Scott talks about joining Microsoft in 2007 and a few of his most memorable milestones and moments.

[5:55] .NET Aspire

[6:46] The 3‒4 items in .NET that are important for developers to focus on.

[12:02] Improving.NET performance through AOT compilation.

[12:22] Introducing a self-contained application.

[19:09] Advancements in .NET technology and its applications.

[22:11] AI technology and its integration into various products.

[22:12] The generative pre-trained to chat transform (GPT).

[24:19] Semantic Kernel and open SDK in .NET.

[30:12] Aspire, a tool for simplifying web development.

[38:25] What Scott calls the orchestrator app.

[43:27] Scott's excitement for the multi-part cloud applications coming together.

[45:08] The great feedback that is already rolling in.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

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!

Ep #211 with Scott Hunter

Orchestrate Your AI with Semantic Kernel

openai sdk in .NET

Demystifying Retrieval Augmented Generation with .NET

.NET Aspire

.NET Conf

Want to Learn More?

Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Martin Thwaites is a Developer Advocate at Honeycomb, an o11y enthusiast, and a delivery-focused Developer from the UK. With over 20 years of experience in development in the .NET ecosystem, he's worked with many companies on scaling up engineering teams and products. The past few years have been spent working on solving complex problems with some of the UK's big names, including e-commerce retailers and credit lenders.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:42] Martin getting his start in testing.

[5:55] What other products is Honeycomb similar to?

[5:57] APM monitoring metrics.

[9:05] O11y

[9:30] The foundational elements of Honeycomb.

[13:36] For smartphone applications, desktop, or mobile, what of these concepts are the same, and what's different?

[15:49] Tracing the unknown unknowns.

[17:43] Where open telemetry comes in and shines.

[28:04] Do you commit locally, group them up together and execute a push?

[33:24] Moving TFS Code Base onto Git.

[34:40] What TFS did right.

[35:31] The minimum sets of testing and verification that need to go in this chain just to get people enough of a safety net.

[35:43] Developer tests and Web Application Factory.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

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!

Martin Thwaites LinkedIn

Martin on Twitter

Martin.Net

Honeycomb

OpenTelemetry

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Martin Thwaites is a Developer Advocate at Honeycomb, an o11y enthusiast, and a delivery-focused Developer from the UK. With over 20 years of experience in development in the .NET ecosystem, he's worked with many companies on scaling up engineering teams and products. The past few years have been spent working on solving complex problems with some of the UK's big names, including e-commerce retailers and credit lenders.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:42] Martin getting his start in testing.

[5:55] What other products is Honeycomb similar to?

[5:57] APM monitoring metrics.

[9:05] O11y

[9:30] The foundational elements of Honeycomb.

[13:36] For smartphone applications, desktop, or mobile, what of these concepts are the same, and what's different?

[15:49] Tracing the unknown unknowns.

[17:43] Where open telemetry comes in and shines.

[28:04] Do you commit locally, group them up together and execute a push?

[33:24] Moving TFS Code Base onto Git.

[34:40] What TFS did right.

[35:31] The minimum sets of testing and verification that need to go in this chain just to get people enough of a safety net.

[35:43] Developer tests and Web Application Factory.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

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!

Martin Thwaites LinkedIn

Martin on Twitter

Martin.Net

Honeycomb

OpenTelemetry

Want to Learn More?

Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.