It can be very difficult to get health insurance for many people across the globe. Contigo helps lower the cost of insurance and provide information about the options that are available to their community. In this episode, Ismael talks to us about the issues around getting proper insurance coverage in the Dominican Republic. He also shares with us how .NET and Azure are enabling them to provide the solutions around this effort. [01:36] - Why is difficult to get an insurance policy?[02:11] - Contigo demo[03:40] - How was the application built?[06:56] - The importance of compliance[09:00] - How does the need for compliance affect your technology choices Useful Links Get started with .NETCaribbean Developers ConferenceGet started with .NET on Azure

In life, we all need a little help sometimes to reach that next level. That's what the team behind the Hidden Genius project is trying to do by opening up the world of technology to young men of color. In this episode, Sean Valentine of the Hidden Genius projects gives us some insight into program and how it is positively changing the lives of its students. [01:27] - How can a student expect from this program?[02:38] - What's happens with some of the students after the program?[03:58] - Empowering expressiveness through code[06:44] - How are past students paying it forward?[09:14] - Breaking down stereotypes[T11:011] - How can you support the program?[14:06] - What's the future of Hidden Genius look like? Useful Links The Hidden Genius ProjectCaribbean Developers Conference

Starting a user group and building a community is not an easy task. Keeping your group running can be even harder. In this episode, Scott chats with Andres Pineda about getting started with open source and how he helped kickstart the .NET user groups in the Dominican Republic. [00:30] - Bootstrapping a .NET open source community[02:08] - Seeding a young user group[04:09] - Involving non English speaking colleagues[05:57] - Paying it forward with scholarships Useful Links .NET meetups and user groupsBecome a social developerCaribbean Developers ConferenceScott's views on community and productivity

Data entry automation is a huge space and has tremendous impact to many countries around the world. Raul Roa is a software engineer in the Dominican Republic who is using .NET Core and Azure to help drive the digital transformation for his country and many others around the world. In this episode, we chat with Raul at the Caribbean Developers Conference to learn how he's using technology to improve the lives of the people in this country [01:07] - What tools are being used?[03:34] - How did they move from mono to .NET Core?[05:30] - What impact has their work had?[10:51] - Benefits of the cloud for the Caribbean Useful Links TagShelfGetting started with ML .NETGet started with .NETMachine Learning in Azure

As developers, we have the ability to use machine learning to our applications to create very unique experiences and solve difficult problems for our customers. In this episode, Martina and Bruno Capuano sit with Scott to show us how we can use Custom Vision and IoT devices to recognize objects in the real world. This is a great demo of how to get started with ML without having to train a model, and also how to get our children interested in technology. [00:42] - Exploring the setup[01:47] - How does this work?[03:36] - What else can we apply this to?[04:52] - How to get stated?[05:44] - Are there concerns about data privacyUseful Links Custom VisionCustom Vision Service DocumentationIdentify faces and expressions by using the Computer Vision API in Azure Cognitive Services

Contoso Crafts is a sample application that was created to help how the fundamental concepts behind creating a application with ASP.NET. In this episode, Brady Gaster sits with Christos to discuss the motivations behind the project. If you're hosting an introductory workshop or just getting started with ASP.NET Core, this is a great place for you to start [01:28] - What is Contoso Crafts?[06:00] - Exploring the code of Contoso Crafts[T08:38 ]- Exploring the website Useful Links Contoso Crafts repoASP .NET Core 101 video seriesRock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock - Sample Application

In this episode, Matías Quaranta returns to talk to us about some more features of the Cosmos DB SDK for .NET. This time, his covers some interesting features like the estimator API, the change feed processor, running bulk operations and also transactions. [01:00] - Using the change feed processor[05:00] - Scaling with multiple processors[06:43] - using the Estimator API[09:08] - Implementing transactional batch[15:33] - Support bulk operationsUseful Links GitHub repo with the sample codePerformance tips for Azure Cosmos DB and .NETWork with NoSQL data in Azure Cosmos DB (MS Learn)Cosmos DB .NET Standard SDK release notes

In this episode, Jeremy chats with software engineer Matías Quaranta about some of the lesser known features of the Cosmos DB SDK for .NET. Matias discusses some useful patterns for managing the lifetime of the client, implementing custom serializers and some other interesting features. [01:09] - Using the fluent pattern with the Cosmos client[05:28] - Custom serialization[11:08] - Working with Dependency injection and Stream Useful Links GitHub repo with the sample codePerformance tips for Azure Cosmos DB and .NETWork with NoSQL data in Azure Cosmos DB (MS Learn)Cosmos DB .NET Standard SDK release notes

In this short video, Matt and Luke talk to Scott Hunter about F# support in Pulumi. Useful Links Pulumi Homepage Get started with Pulumi and Azure Azure for .NET developersCreating a new Pulumi project with .NETBuilding modern applications with Pulumi and .NET Core.NET Core support in Pulumi

In this episode, Matt and Luke show Scott Hunter how to define cloud resources in .NET code with Pulumi. Useful Links Pulumi Homepage Get started with Pulumi and Azure Azure for .NET developersCreating a new Pulumi project with .NETBuilding modern applications with Pulumi and .NET Core.NET Core support in Pulumi