Azure & DevOps Podcast Glenn Condron: Aspire Strategy for .NET - Episode 381
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Dec 22, 2025 Join Glenn Condron, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, as he explores the innovative Aspire strategy for .NET. With a background in developing software for government departments in Australia, Glenn discusses simplifying cloud-native development, focusing on defaults that enhance resiliency and observability. He dives into file-based apps for easier onboarding and shares insights on using AI for project generation. Tune in for an engaging conversation about the future of polyglot apps and exciting advancements in tooling!
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Why Programming Feels Like Mastery
- Glenn compares software to martial arts and woodworking to explain why programming satisfies creativity and mastery.
- He values the endless learning curve and varied domains that keep him energized as a developer.
Collapse Dependency Complexity
- Aspire began by mapping every step required to add a dependency like Redis and collapsing many manual steps into one opinionated flow.
- The team aims to encode defaults so developers avoid guesswork about lifetimes, threading, observability, and resiliency.
Start With File-Based App Hosts
- Use file-based apps and single-file C# hosts to make onboarding and experimentation trivial for new developers.
- Combine that with minimal APIs so getting started matches Python-like quick iteration yet scales to real apps.