No more underscores in your username chess.com says! AlphaZero is destroying the world of chess and Motz is meowing with wolves out in New Mexico.

Links:

• Immersive Art Installation | Meow Wolf | Santa Fe, New Mexico
• lintonnet on Twitter: "@DanielRensch @JamesMontemagno I just got an email from @chesscom asking me to change my username since my old one started w/ an underscore.… https://t.co/VCzzgMside"
• Google's AlphaZero Destroys Stockfish In 100-Game Match - Chess.com

How do you get your app into your testers' hands? App Center, TestFlight, HockeyApp, Google Play, E-mail? So many options exist, but how do you do it right and get testers signed up fast? We take a look at all the options and some tools fastlane offers.

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Links:

• fastlane - iOS and Android Automation for Continuous Delivery
• fastlane/boarding: Instantly create a simple signup page for TestFlight beta testers
• emcniece/docker-boarding: Docker implementation of Boarding for Fastlane
• Docker - Build, Ship, and Run Any App, Anywhere

What would a day in the life of Danny's executive assistant be like? How would one hold such an honor and get this exclusive job? Danny breaks it all down on this week's episode. We also review the brand new Avengers... we mean Justice League movie and chat about what is means to be a parent to four children.

Links:

• Work at Chess.com - Chess.com
• Application: Assistant to Chess.com's IM Danny Rensch
• James Montemagno 🙈 on Twitter: "Today we welcome Tye to the family! We cruised through Seattle with the top down and heated seats warming our bottoms! Thanks for all the re… https://t.co/rmBLKAuZTB"
• Magnusson, Karl FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers

Keeping up with different operating systems is hard enough, but how do you keep up with all of the new awesome features in C#, Swift, and all of the other amazing languages out there? We discuss how we do it and what is new in C# 7.1, 7.2, and take a glimpse into 8!

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• Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for .NET MAUI, Xamarin, WPF, Windows Form, Win UI, Flutter, Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and more! Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download their free e-books.

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Links:

• What's new in C# 7.1 | Microsoft Docs
• What's new in C# 7.2 | Microsoft Docs
• C# 7.2: Understanding Span | Connect(); 2017 | Channel 9
• What's new in C# | Connect(); 2017 | Channel 9
• The relationship between language features and library types | Microsoft Docs

Katt and Dani discuss getting their vegan cards revoked, as well as Dani's friend card and Katt's musical card. Shaming, bullying, thrifting, cookies, bivalves, and doing what you can. Also pumpkin pie.

Producer's Note: For the record it is 100% my fault this episode didn't go up on Friday. We cooked a lot of food and did a lot of stuff. I'm so sleepy. Sorry folks!

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It is our very first holiday spectacular! Danny and Motz spend Thanksgiving together, talking life, Carl, chess, and how to properly attend an OTB chess game!

Links:

• Amazon.com: Blokus Game: Toys & Games
• Amazon.com: Rock Me Archimedes Game - Strategy Marbles Game: Toys & Games
• London Chess Classic 2017

Xamarin.Forms on the web? XAML powering your ASP.NET applications? How can this be so? Well with Frank's new Ooui library the life long dream is now a reality. While still early on, developers are loving it! We discuss where it came from and where it is going next.

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Links:

• praeclarum/Ooui: A small cross-platform UI library that brings the simplicity of native UI development to the web
• praeclarum - Xamarin Forms on the Web
• Xamarin: Future of app development | Connect(); 2017 | Channel 9
• Ooui - Ooui Demo

This episode almost didn't happen! Motz is off presenting around the globe and Danny has been crushing Chess and Twitch, but that didn't stop these two from more coffee, tech, and chess!

James is on a DevOps kick after going on tour with Donovan in South America and he wants to automate everything! It is different this time as he wants full control with Visual Studio Team Services and he even wants to manage his own build machines! Is he crazy? Probably, listen in to find out.

Sponsored By:

• Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for .NET MAUI, Xamarin, WPF, Windows Form, Win UI, Flutter, Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and more! Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download their free e-books.

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Links:

• Plan, Code Together, & Ship Faster | Visual Studio Team Services
• Bitrise - Mobile Continuous Integration and Delivery - iOS & Android Build Automation
• Mobile Center | Mobile App Development | Visual Studio

The inaugural episode of The V Spot. Do you like food? Do you like fun? You're going to love us!

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