In this episode, Stephen Toub chats with Rich about ValueTask and how it might help reduce allocations and memory usage for your asynchronous .NET code. [00:34] - What is ValueTask and why do we need it?[05:22] - What is a good scenario for ValueTask?[10:00] - What is IValueTask?[12:14] - Why was the non-generic ValueTask introduced?[13:54] - Does ValueTask offer cancellation?[14:42] - What can you do with Task vs ValueTask?[16:28] - What's the uptake with ValueTask usage?[18:28] - How does IAsyncEnumerable task advantage of ValueTask?[21:11] - What other performance work is happening around allocations? Useful Links Understanding the Whys, what's, and when's of ValueTaskValueTask reference docsNuGet package for ValueTask