Azure & DevOps Podcast Jared Parsons: The Latest with C# - Episode 380
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Dec 15, 2025 Jared Parsons, Developer Manager for the .NET Tools team at Microsoft, shares his passion for programming and the evolving C# ecosystem. He explores the recent momentum of .NET 10, emphasizing ref safety and performance enhancements. Jared discusses innovations like compiler logs for faster bug triage and the impact of GitHub Copilot on productivity. He reveals strategies for the upcoming .NET 11, highlighting discriminated unions and AI synergies with file-based applications. Tune in for insights from a seasoned developer shaping the future of C#!
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Tooling Is Continuous Adaptation
- Jared Parsons says tooling work is a constant stream of new puzzles driven by ecosystem change and AI experiments.
- Tooling teams must continuously adapt to platform shifts and competitive pressures to stay relevant.
Language And Runtime Must Move Together
- The C# team pairs language evolution with runtime changes to unlock safe high-performance patterns.
- Recent work focuses on ref safety to replace unsafe pointer usages while keeping performance.
Shift Long Tests Out Of PR Path
- Re-evaluate what must run in PR versus post-merge to reduce PR latency.
- Move long-running but rare-failure tests to post-merge when ring validation covers them.