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Lars Clint is a senior developer advocate with Pluralsight. He's heavily involved in the space of cloud computing services, especially Azure. Lars has spoken at numerous technical events around the world and also as an expert in the Australian Outback Internet. This podcast is sponsored by ClearMeasure.

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Lars is a Senior Developer Advocate with Pluralsight, author, trainer, Microsoft Azure MVP, community leader, aspiring YouTube host, and part-time classic car collector. He is heavily involved in the space of cloud computing services, especially Azure, and is a published author, solution architect, and writer for numerous publications. He has been a part of the software development community for the past 20 years and co-organizes the DDD Melbourne community conference, organizes developer events with Microsoft, and also runs a part-time car restoration business. He has spoken at numerous technical events around the world and is an expert in Australian Outback Internet.

Topics of Discussion:

[4:24] Lars talks about his early start in programming and the IT industry and his path to his present-day career.

[6:36] As a self-described “nerd that doesn’t mind talking to people,” Lars worked that characteristic into networking over his career.

[8:17] Why did Lars decide to write a book?

[9:40] Lars talks about his book, Microsoft Azure in Action.

[9:57] What part of Azure should developers be using more than less?

[13:00] What ideas have risen to the surface for general internal business application developers?

[16:36] What’s the best way to store and manipulate data?

[21:58] What are some of Lars’s favorite scenarios where you would reach for the queue?

[23:57] How would Lars decipher his architectural decisions on whether to use App Service?

[26:57] What is Lars’s thought process when creating service workers to read from that queue versus creating a second app that is installed into the app service plan?

[30:34] Lars talks about the importance of Application Insights.

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