The Beer Driven Devs caught up with Brandon Minnick at NDC for a conversation about AWS, .NET MAUI, and, of course, beer.

Brandon is a Developer Advocate at AWS, former Xamarin and Microsoft employee, and creator + lead maintainer of the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit. Brandon is also the author of several apps, tools, and libraries, and can regularly be found talking about .NET at conferences all around the world, as well as on the .NET on AWS podcast.

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The Beer Driven Devs caught up in person last week at NDC Sydney. In this episode they recap some of their highlights, sharing their thoughts on their favourite talks, and of course the overall vibe and social aspect of the event.

There’s more to come from NDC - stay tuned!

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Cheers! 🍻

This week Matt runs us through a brief history of the UI (both native and cross-platform) in .NET.

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The Lean Startup has been around since 2011. In this episode, Liam and Matt discuss the ideas in the book, and how they can be applied to both of their unique ventures. Find out more on the Lean Startup here

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This week, Matt and Liam review the year that was 2023. From this podcast, to Matt’s book and Liam’s Encubed Solutions and everything in between.

The Beer Driven Devs are back, this time shooting the breeze over the importance of perfect code

00:30 - Re-cap on last episode

01:45 - Remember Heartbleed and Y2K

03:00 - Nobody cares about your code

04:00 - What about Tech Debt?

05:50 - Do customers trump quality code?

06:45 - The Lean Startup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_startup)

09:00 - Negotiating with the Product Manager

11:00 - Communication is important

12:00 - How wise are you? The Dunning Kruger Effect

18:50 - Is premature optimisation really that bad?

19:10 - Make it work; Make it Right; Make it Fast;

21:00 - The Boy Scout Rule

21:50 - The Broken Window Theory

24:00 - SOLID principles

29:00 - Is Redux worth it?

30:00 - MobX - The state management package Liam couldn’t remember

31:00 - Did you know Matt has a Book? .NET MAUI in action

35:30 - Ink to Code

41:00 - Beers and Cheers 🍻

In this episode, the Beer Driven Devs (Tea Driven Devs this time!) are joined by cybersecurity expert Nick Ellsmore to unpack the Australian Government’s recently released cybersecurity strategy for 2023-2030.

With the news of Sam Altman’s sacking as CEO of OpenAI over the weekend, we thought we’d invite Ulysses Maclaren (General Manager at SSW) to discuss all the swirling drama, and dive into all things AI!

We though it was about time to learn a little more about your hosts, Matt and Liam.

With the recent release of the Quest 3, Matt indulges us with his passion for all things Virtual Reality. From the past, to the present and predictions for the future.