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Dave McKinstry: The Evolution of DevOps - Episode 218 Nov 07, 2022

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Dave McKinstry. Dave is a Director at GitHub helping to drive the FastTrack program. Prior to GitHub, he worked as a Program Manager with the Azure DevOps Services Community Team — connecting with partners and customers, spreading modern practices, and helping developers succeed with DevOps and Azure. Prior to his position at Microsoft, he has been in software services and technical sales for over 30 years. As a consultant, principal consultant, co-owner, and manager, he has always helped people efficiently build better software. He loves what he does as a technologist and enjoys being a part of today's rapid technology evolution.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:05] Dave talks about getting into consulting, and then finding his way to Azure DevOps before joining Microsoft, and ultimately GitHub.

[4:27] What is the difference between Microsoft and GitHub? How do they do things differently?

[7:57] The evolution of DevOps and how it has evolved over time from the start to now.

[9:53] Why DevSecOps is redundant. Security has to be part of everything we do. So security is every engineer and every product owner. For anyone working in your company, security is part of their job.

[11:00] Dave discusses Inner Source.

[15:05] Having cultural trust is extremely important. Can you trust the people that you have working for you to do the best work they can for your organization? If the answer is no, there are probably other problems, other things to worry about.

[16:08] You can see the code of anything external that's been shared, but there are a lot of organizations with multiple software teams who just don't automatically give their own employees even read access to the repositories of the other team.

[21:50] Microsoft has kind of done some things to strengthen GitHub, like hosted build agents and others, and then GitHub does things that strengthen Microsoft.

[30:05] Where does Dave think the industry is headed in the future?

[31:51] Regardless of how big the company is, developers should be better empowered.

[32:03] Plug for GitHub Universe.

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Dave McKinstry on Integrating Azure DevOps and the Culture of DevOps - Episode 005

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GitHub

GitHub Universe

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Nicholas Blumhardt: Structured Logging - Episode 217 Oct 31, 2022

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Nicholas Blumhardt is the Founder/CEO at @datalust_seq, core maintainer for #Serilog, founder of @AutofacIoC, and long-ago .NET PM at Microsoft. He resides in Brisbane, Australia.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:25] Nicholas talks about what got him into structured logging.

[7:09] As a consultant, what surprised Nicholas about structured logging?

[7:57] Rather than just being able to easily pass the logs that he was already writing, Nicholas could think about building something that was more like a developer interface for the app.

[10:07] A lot of people associate the tooling and technology with DevOps, but if you dig back into why we originally set out on that path, it was much more about the practices.

[11:10] Building your systems so that they are easier to run and diagnose issues is really where it's at.

[12:25] Structured logging is just one tool in the tool belt to achieve observability.

[13:54] What other tools does Nicholas use to gain observability?

[17:09] What is Serilog and how does it serve as an interface for structured logging?

[29:51] Why is Seq useful and why should listeners give it a try?

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Nicholas Blumhardt Twitter

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Nicholas Blumhardt Website

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Isaac Abraham: Farmer for Azure Deployments - Episode 216 Oct 24, 2022

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Isaac Abraham is an. NET MVP and a .NET developer since .NET 1.0 with an interest in cloud computing and distributed data problems. He is the author of Get Programming with F# and is the director of Compositional IT. He specializes in consultancy, training, and development, helping customers adopt high-quality, functional-first solutions on the .NET platform.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:12] Isaac talks about getting into Software Dev, how he sought to work in a small space where he could learn hands-on about .NET development, and how he has been doing that ever since.

[4:22] How has the landscape changed?

[5:00] Isaac got into Azure during the early days.

[6:59] How is consulting different?

[13:20] What exactly is Farmer, and how do we use it?

[16:44] Does it matter which .NET language the nougat package is pulled into?

[18:29] An F# project can exist nicely in a Visual Studio solution with other C# projects.

[19:59] With Isaac's unabashed opinion on Farmer, does he prefer having one project that has all of the infrastructure code for both with all the components that are deployed in the application, or does he prefer referencing pharma from the different applications and distributing that logic?

[29:48] Isaac does use Azure Client, but ironically, it's only to deploy the templates that Farmer generates.

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Get Programming with F#: A guide for .NET developers

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The Cockney Coder

Isaac Abraham

Farmer Compositional IT

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Isaac's Twitter

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Ted Neward: Getting the Most Out of In-Person Conferences - Episode 215 Oct 17, 2022

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Ted is a self-described geek who takes great pride and joy in making other geeks into bigger and better (and hopefully more highly rewarded) geeks. Having recently stepped into a management role, Ted has been looking for more and more ways to leverage his skills as a "force multiplier" across his entire team to not only better the team itself — but the entire organization as a whole.

Topics of Discussion:

[5:04] Microsoft is probably going to look for ways to do the summit in person, but the pandemic has shown us we can also use remote options for those that don't want to or can't travel.

[6:14] Ted discusses some tools that make getting the information at conferences easier and more accessible.

[13:15] We all want to find that tribe; to find that group of people where we feel like we fit in.

[23:10] Ted talks about why he doesn't love that a lot of conferences are kind of trying to combine professional development and family vacation.

[25:10] Remember that you are at a professional event, and you represent your company. Don't lose sight of why you are there.

[28:20] What Ted has been playing with these days.

[34:56] The problem with low-code solutions is that they're designed for hobbyists.

[40:26] The emergence of low-code and no-code tools.

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Episode 135

http://www.lolcode.org/ — lolcode: transpiler, compiler

https://ballerina.io/

http://www.cs.uni.edu/~okane/source/MUMPS-MDH/MumpsTutorial.pdf

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Alvin Ashcraft: Windows SDKs - Episode 214 Oct 10, 2022

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Alvin Ashcraft has over 27 years of programming experience in the healthcare, financial, and manufacturing industries. He is a Content Developer for Microsoft, creating docs for Windows developers on Microsoft Docs. He has authored a book for Packt Publishing titled Learn WinUI 3, and has just published his second book, Parallel Programming and Concurrency with C# 10 and .NET 6, out now.

Alvin is one of the founders and organizers of the TechBash developer conference held annually at the Kalahari Resort in Pocono Manor, PA. In his previous life, he worked for consulting firms as a software developer. During those years Alvin developed solutions for clients in the manufacturing, financial, and healthcare industries. Alvin is a blogger, technology geek, family guy, and former Microsoft MVP. He has a wonderful wife and three amazing daughters.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:18] How Alvin got started with his blog, and how blogging made RSS a thing.

[5:48] What exactly does NewsBlur do for you?

[10:10] Are we overstating it when we say that people who work in development need to become expert users of all the frameworks and tools they intend to use?

[12:20] Alvin talks about the inspiration behind his new book, and why he chose parallel programming and concurrency as the topics.

[16:35] Okay, what is it really like having TechBash at the beautiful Kalahari resort?

[22:00] What does the future hold for Windows development?

[24:03] How else can we best be prepared for the future?

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A list of sample apps and samples repos for Windows developers

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OpenLiveWriter plugin

The Documentation landing page on MS Learn: Learn.microsoft.com/docs/

The landing page for Windows developer docs: Learn.microsoft.com/windows/apps/

Learn WinUI 3 book:

Parallel Programming and Concurrency with C# 10 and .NET 6 book

Newsblur.com/

Feedly.com/

Openlivewriter.com/

Github.com/MicrosoftDocs/win32

Github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-dev-docs

Github.com/MicrosoftDocs/sdk-api

TPL Data Flow library

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Rob Richardson: Web Services in .NET 6 - Episode 213 Oct 03, 2022

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Rob Richardson is a software craftsman who is building web properties in ASP.NET, Node, React, and Vue. He's a software developer, a community leader, a mentor, and the business owner of Richardson & Sons. Additionally, Rob is a Microsoft MVP; a published author; a frequent speaker at conferences, user groups, and community events; and a diligent teacher and student of high-quality software development.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:25] Rob starts us off with a cool trick to remember how many days of the month there are.

[5:25] Rob talks about why he invested in getting really good at unit testing and integration testing.

[5:50] What is the big "wow" factor that developers should not miss with .NET6?

[8:35] With minimal APIs, is it different capabilities, or have they mapped all of the capabilities of web API down into those extension methods that you can use?

[10:25] What is the difference between authorization and authentication?

[17:25] What's Rob's preferred mechanism for internal private web services?

[21:30] Where Raspberry APIs really shine.

[22:08] Rob tells us about a very cool talk he has coming up.

[27:03] DevContainers is such a magical thing.

[28:02] Rob is digging deep into GitHub actions, and he is starting to build out custom GitHub action tasks for interesting things.

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Episode 131

jwt.io

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Mark Miller: The Science of Great UI in Software - Episode 212 Sep 26, 2022

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Today's guest is Mark Miller, a seven-year C# MVP with strong expertise in decoupled design, plug-in architectures, and great user interfaces. He is the Chief Architect of the IDE Tools division at Developer Express, as well as the visionary force behind productivity tools like CodeRush. Mark is a top-ranked speaker at conferences around the world and has been creating tools for software for almost four decades. On top of all that, Mark also streams live C# and typescript coding and design on Twitch.TV/CodeRushed!

Topics of Discussion:

[2:45] Mark lives in Spain without speaking Spanish.

[4:09] Over the recent months, they have made DevExpress free for everyone.

[9:49] How did CodeRush start?

[11:37] Products like CodeRush typically are leaders in innovating new features that are often incorporated into the IDE.

[12:09] Intellicode is a brilliant innovation.

[17:08] Mindset tips on using features to make your product better, and to make the important function available where the user is.

[21:49] Mark shares the key to winning long-term in the IDE world — discoverability.

[26:03] You want it to be easy for your customers to discover how to use the app, and what features are in the app.

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"Mark Miller on Developer Productivity — Episode 37"

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WCAG Standards and Guidelines

CODERUSH

"The Science of Great UI"

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Scott Hunter: Microsoft's Azure & .NET Strategy- Episode 211 Sep 19, 2022

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Topics of Discussion:

[2:27] What are some things happening and that have happened at Microsoft that we may not be aware of?

[7:25] Scott talks about some of the upcoming developments he is excited about that will make using the cloud in the future even better.

[9:00] Scott's favorite part of that whole journey was that reboot, learning from the shifts and the ebbs of the industry and, asking how to make .NET the right product for that next wave.

[12:20] Scott also talks more about Microsoft's strategy with Azure & .NET.

[27:41] Scott gives a preview of the Azure Dev CLI.

[30:52] What is the difference in strategies between Azure and .NET, and how do we bring those together?

[36:59] What are the big things that we need to put on our calendar for this fall?

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Scott Hunter on .NET6

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Rocky Lhotka: CSLA - Episode 210 Sep 12, 2022

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Rockford Lhotka is the creator of the widely used CSLA .NET open-source development framework. He is the author of numerous books and regularly speaks at major conferences around the world. Rockford is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP. He is co-chair of Visual Studio Live!, and the chair of the Cloud & Containers Live! Conferences. Rockford has worked on many projects in various roles, including software architecture, design and development, network administration, and project management. Over his career, he has designed and helped to create systems for bio-medical manufacturing, agriculture, point of sale, credit card fraud tracking, general retail, construction, and healthcare.

Topics of Discussion:

[4:00] How an arcade game led Rocky to his career in software architecture, design, and development.

[5:05] What is CSLA, and what problems does it solve?

[8:40] Rocky defines business logic and what is not considered business logic.

[17:11] Rocky discusses his object-oriented approach, and inspiration from computer science Professor David West.

[19:25] A function library is where each rule is a function or a procedure.

[20:58] Rocky thinks that using object-oriented concepts is the way to go.

[23:51] Rocky's preferred naming convention is to use a verb in the name.

[28:20] CSLA tries as much as possible to give you this home for business logic and then also provides some buffer between your business logic and everything from Windows Forms all the way up through Blazer.

[30:00] How does CSLA like to be used?

[31:00] The CSLA framework is geared around an architecture where you have, at the center, this business logic layer, and below that you have a data access layer, and above that, you have an interface control layer.

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