AI DevOps Podcast

Ryan is an Advocate at Redgate focusing on PostgreSQL. Ryan has been working as a PostgreSQL advocate, developer, DBA, and product manager for more than 20 years, primarily working with time-series data on PostgreSQL and the Microsoft Data Platform.

Ryan is a long-time DBA, starting with MySQL and Postgres in the late '90s. He spent more than 15 years working with SQL Server before returning to PostgreSQL full-time in 2018. He's at the top of his game when he's learning something new about the data platform or teaching others about the technology he loves.

Topics of Discussion:

[1:23] Ryan's background and his love of helping people with their data.

[6:06] What are some features of Postgres that really intrigued Ryan?

[6:12] What are some of the choices in the database world that people should be well versed in?

[11:00] Is there a marketplace for these extensions?

[15:00] Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and many others have been very interested over the last 3‒4 years in the open-source code base.

[15:50] Is there any environment or platform where Postgres can't run?

[17:24] Can we use a downsized database engine?

[19:19] Ryan discusses Amazon Redshift.

[23:58] What's the state of the modern Redgate tools?

[26:42] What are the top three tools developers should reach for?

[27:00] What are the features of Flyway?

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

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

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!

Architect Tips — Video podcast!

Azure DevOps

Ryan Booz

Ryan on Sessionize

Flyway

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Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Ryan is an Advocate at Redgate focusing on PostgreSQL. Ryan has been working as a PostgreSQL advocate, developer, DBA, and product manager for more than 20 years, primarily working with time-series data on PostgreSQL and the Microsoft Data Platform.

Ryan is a long-time DBA, starting with MySQL and Postgres in the late '90s. He spent more than 15 years working with SQL Server before returning to PostgreSQL full-time in 2018. He's at the top of his game when he's learning something new about the data platform or teaching others about the technology he loves.

Topics of Discussion:

[1:23] Ryan's background and his love of helping people with their data.

[6:06] What are some features of Postgres that really intrigued Ryan?

[6:12] What are some of the choices in the database world that people should be well versed in?

[11:00] Is there a marketplace for these extensions?

[15:00] Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and many others have been very interested over the last 3‒4 years in the open-source code base.

[15:50] Is there any environment or platform where Postgres can't run?

[17:24] Can we use a downsized database engine?

[19:19] Ryan discusses Amazon Redshift.

[23:58] What's the state of the modern Redgate tools?

[26:42] What are the top three tools developers should reach for?

[27:00] What are the features of Flyway?

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

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

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!

Architect Tips — Video podcast!

Azure DevOps

Ryan Booz

Ryan on Sessionize

Flyway

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Maddy Montaquila is a Senior Product Manager on the .NET MAUI team and has been working with .NET mobile apps since 2018 working on Xamarin tooling. When she first joined Microsoft and worked with the Xamarin team as an intern, she realized the impact that she could have in creating amazing developer tools and frameworks, which inspired her to pursue a role as Program Manager. You can connect with her on Twitter and GitHub @maddymontaquila!

Topics of Discussion:

[4:21] How did Maddy get lucked into development and the mobile side of product management?

[7:39] You can distill product manager roles to the intersection of the technology and what's possible, the business, what's going to make you money, and what your customers actually want and need.

[9:17] Why is it important for program managers to have at least some coding background?

[10:41] When people dive into Maui, what can they expect right now?

[15:44] What tools or resources does someone need to get started, and what are the limitations?

[20:44] What is the current DevOps story for going from a developer workstation all the way through testing and packaging, and then finally delivering it to the App Store?

[23:47] Is there a favorite deployed test framework?

[27:26] Why does Maddy prefer sometimes to work in Xaml?

[29:17] If you're going to reach for controls right now, is everything that they need built-in? What is the status of DevExpress?

[37:03] It's a great time to be a .net developer!

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

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

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!

Architect Tips — Video podcast!

Azure DevOps

.NetMaui

Maddy on LinkedIn

.NET Multi-Platform App

.Net Maui Samples

.Net Maui Development

Want to Learn More?

Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Maddy Montaquila is a Senior Product Manager on the .NET MAUI team and has been working with .NET mobile apps since 2018 working on Xamarin tooling. When she first joined Microsoft and worked with the Xamarin team as an intern, she realized the impact that she could have in creating amazing developer tools and frameworks, which inspired her to pursue a role as Program Manager. You can connect with her on Twitter and GitHub @maddymontaquila!

Topics of Discussion:

[4:21] How did Maddy get lucked into development and the mobile side of product management?

[7:39] You can distill product manager roles to the intersection of the technology and what's possible, the business, what's going to make you money, and what your customers actually want and need.

[9:17] Why is it important for program managers to have at least some coding background?

[10:41] When people dive into Maui, what can they expect right now?

[15:44] What tools or resources does someone need to get started, and what are the limitations?

[20:44] What is the current DevOps story for going from a developer workstation all the way through testing and packaging, and then finally delivering it to the App Store?

[23:47] Is there a favorite deployed test framework?

[27:26] Why does Maddy prefer sometimes to work in Xaml?

[29:17] If you're going to reach for controls right now, is everything that they need built-in? What is the status of DevExpress?

[37:03] It's a great time to be a .net developer!

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

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

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!

Architect Tips — Video podcast!

Azure DevOps

.NetMaui

Maddy on LinkedIn

.NET Multi-Platform App

.Net Maui Samples

.Net Maui Development

Want to Learn More?

Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Andy is a Data Platform and AI Architect at Microsoft, where he has worked for over 24 years. A long time ago, his father dropped two books on his desk and said: "Andy, I need you to be an SQL Expert for a meeting tomorrow. Can you handle that?" Recently out of college, he was still accustomed to cramming for an exam, so he showed up the next day, won the project, and began his new life as a "data guy."

Since then, he's "been around the (data) block." Whether a developer, database analyst, architect, project lead, or more recently a part of a sales organization, the heart of his job has always revolved around data: acquiring it, shaping it, moving it, protecting it, using it to predict future outcomes, processing it efficiently, etc.

Topics of Discussion:

[4:56] Andy has always grown up with computers around and has his father to thank for a lot of it.

[6:39] What is it that causes some developers to say, I want to write code, but I don't want to mess with the database?

[14:29] What does Andy's job as an AI architect look like?

[16:19] When you have that predictive function with something to host it, that's where AI happens and when intelligence starts happening in your application.

[17:16] The importance of pre-trained models in machine learning.

[20:00] What is reinforcement learning?

[20:58] Why are we calling some things artificial intelligence and other things, not AI?

[24:44] Andy gives his advice for those new to writing software and in developing.

[29:08] What is a data lake?

[31:48] The importance of thinking about the database as part of the application, not a separate thing.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

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

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!

Architect Tips — Video podcast!

Azure DevOps

Andy Roberts LinkedIn

Architect Forum

Want to Learn More?

Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Andy is a Data Platform and AI Architect at Microsoft, where he has worked for over 24 years. A long time ago, his father dropped two books on his desk and said: "Andy, I need you to be an SQL Expert for a meeting tomorrow. Can you handle that?" Recently out of college, he was still accustomed to cramming for an exam, so he showed up the next day, won the project, and began his new life as a "data guy."

Since then, he's "been around the (data) block." Whether a developer, database analyst, architect, project lead, or more recently a part of a sales organization, the heart of his job has always revolved around data: acquiring it, shaping it, moving it, protecting it, using it to predict future outcomes, processing it efficiently, etc.

Topics of Discussion:

[4:56] Andy has always grown up with computers around and has his father to thank for a lot of it.

[6:39] What is it that causes some developers to say, I want to write code, but I don't want to mess with the database?

[14:29] What does Andy's job as an AI architect look like?

[16:19] When you have that predictive function with something to host it, that's where AI happens and when intelligence starts happening in your application.

[17:16] The importance of pre-trained models in machine learning.

[20:00] What is reinforcement learning?

[20:58] Why are we calling some things artificial intelligence and other things, not AI?

[24:44] Andy gives his advice for those new to writing software and in developing.

[29:08] What is a data lake?

[31:48] The importance of thinking about the database as part of the application, not a separate thing.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

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

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!

Architect Tips — Video podcast!

Azure DevOps

Andy Roberts LinkedIn

Architect Forum

Want to Learn More?

Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Donovan Brown is a Partner Program Manager in the Azure CTO Incubations team at Microsoft. The Incubations team focuses on forward-looking development and innovation to facilitate the development of new projects and ideas. Before joining Microsoft, Donovan spent seven years as a Process Consultant and a Certified Scrum Master. Donovan has traveled the globe helping companies develop solutions using agile practices in many industries. Donovan is an avid programmer, often finding ways to integrate software into his other hobbies and activities.

Topics of Discussion:

[7:37] Why is Donovan retiring?

[8:49] Donovan talks about redefining his success and the decision he and his wife made to go live the life they want to live.

[12:03] Living paycheck to paycheck is a bad idea, regardless of how big the paycheck is.

[14:02] The importance of paying yourself first and making good money choices.

[17:50] If it's putting money in your pocket, it's an asset. Some houses are assets, while others are liabilities.

[18:36] Your money is your number one employee.

[23:42] Donovan gives his thoughts on inflation.

[31:00] Donovan gives advice for those early on in their career in both programming and making wise money decisions, including avoiding credit card debt.

[31:26] The importance of being tenacious despite not having a degree or experience.

[40:47] Donovan encourages programmers to learn a language that allows them to dabble in all different platforms.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

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

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!

Architect Tips — Video podcast!

Azure DevOps

Ep 002 with Donovan

Ep 219 with Donovan

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Donovan Brown is a Partner Program Manager in the Azure CTO Incubations team at Microsoft. The Incubations team focuses on forward-looking development and innovation to facilitate the development of new projects and ideas. Before joining Microsoft, Donovan spent seven years as a Process Consultant and a Certified Scrum Master. Donovan has traveled the globe helping companies develop solutions using agile practices in many industries. Donovan is an avid programmer, often finding ways to integrate software into his other hobbies and activities.

Topics of Discussion:

[7:37] Why is Donovan retiring?

[8:49] Donovan talks about redefining his success and the decision he and his wife made to go live the life they want to live.

[12:03] Living paycheck to paycheck is a bad idea, regardless of how big the paycheck is.

[14:02] The importance of paying yourself first and making good money choices.

[17:50] If it's putting money in your pocket, it's an asset. Some houses are assets, while others are liabilities.

[18:36] Your money is your number one employee.

[23:42] Donovan gives his thoughts on inflation.

[31:00] Donovan gives advice for those early on in their career in both programming and making wise money decisions, including avoiding credit card debt.

[31:26] The importance of being tenacious despite not having a degree or experience.

[40:47] Donovan encourages programmers to learn a language that allows them to dabble in all different platforms.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

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

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!

Architect Tips — Video podcast!

Azure DevOps

Ep 002 with Donovan

Ep 219 with Donovan

Want to Learn More?

Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Tim learned software development the hard way, with lots of dead-ends, confusion, and knowledge gaps. He kept thinking, "It shouldn't be this hard!"

Now he teaches students how to think and code like professional developers. His goal is to make it easier for others to become a developer. He's been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional every year since 2017.

Topics of Discussion:

[:45] How Tim actually got into development at the young age of 12.

[6:17] How Tim got over the feeling of not being good enough.

[7:55] How Tim got into teaching.

[9:42] Tim built his YouTube channel slowly to find a consistent release schedule and passionate audience.

[12:55] How to know what language to start in.

[19:53] Why Tim is less of a fan of college and why he doesn't recommend it.

[22:26] Coding Boot Camps vs. self-paced courses.

[27:47] Tim's advice for young programmers suffering from impostor syndrome.

[33:12] Every application has two jobs: capture information and display information.

[38:01] What are a few of Tim's favorite courses now, and what are universities doing right?

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

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

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!

Architect Tips — Video podcast!

Azure DevOps

Tim Corey

Tim Corey YouTube

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Tim learned software development the hard way, with lots of dead-ends, confusion, and knowledge gaps. He kept thinking, "It shouldn't be this hard!"

Now he teaches students how to think and code like professional developers. His goal is to make it easier for others to become a developer. He's been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional every year since 2017.

Topics of Discussion:

[:45] How Tim actually got into development at the young age of 12.

[6:17] How Tim got over the feeling of not being good enough.

[7:55] How Tim got into teaching.

[9:42] Tim built his YouTube channel slowly to find a consistent release schedule and passionate audience.

[12:55] How to know what language to start in.

[19:53] Why Tim is less of a fan of college and why he doesn't recommend it.

[22:26] Coding Boot Camps vs. self-paced courses.

[27:47] Tim's advice for young programmers suffering from impostor syndrome.

[33:12] Every application has two jobs: capture information and display information.

[38:01] What are a few of Tim's favorite courses now, and what are universities doing right?

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

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

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!

Architect Tips — Video podcast!

Azure DevOps

Tim Corey

Tim Corey YouTube

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