Gary Ewan Park, Principal Software Engineer at Chocolatey, discusses the benefits of remote work, the details of Chocolatey as a versatile package manager, and experiences with Vagrant and Docker. They also touch on effective testing methods and social media platforms.

The podcast discusses speed mentoring and the power of community in career and life. Mia Gordon, a Full Stack Developer, shares her experience organizing speed mentoring events. They reflect on the impact of in-person networking, career development, and AI advancements. The conversation also touches on the benefits of podcasts and the value of community connections in tech events.

In this episode, I was joined for a second time by Shahid Iqbal, this time to chat about Platform Engineering and Infrastructure as Code! We discussed what Platform Engineering means, and also different IaC tools. And Shahid’s undying love for Pulumi! 😂Shahid is a Principal Platform Architect at Auror based in Auckland NZ, and is also an Azure MVP.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

The podcast discusses exciting topics from .NET Conf 2023 like C#12 features, .NET Aspire for cloud apps, Native AOT, and touches on Blazor. They explore streamlining code with primary constructors and collection literals in C# 12, and Project Aspire for cloud-native apps. Additionally, they delve into DCP integration in Spire applications, Docker Compose benefits, Dapper framework, and tracing tools.

In this episode, I was joined by Valentina Cupać to chat about Hexagonal Architecture. We discussed what Hexagonal Architecture is, how it can help us build better software, and the difference between it and other similar architectures, such as Clean and Onion Architecture.Valentina is a Technical Coach at Optive, helping development teams deliver quality software with TDD and Clean Architecture. She also the runs the Tech Excellence community.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

Nick Chapsas, creator of Dometrain teaching platform, and the host discuss evolving Dometrain into a marketplace for high-quality courses. They also talk about the benefits of camera presence in web courses, the challenges of finding knowledgeable authors comfortable on camera, and the process of creating and releasing a course. They touch on naming things in software development and end the podcast with dev tips, discount codes, and thanking the guest and sponsor.

In this episode, I was joined by the host of The Modern .NET Show, Jamie Taylor to chat about both .NET and podcasting! We also chatted about various other things like productivity, remote working and life balance, supporting junior developers, and plenty more!For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

In this episode, I had great fun chatting with Laïla Bougriâ about NServiceBus and how it can help with your distributed architecture. From its support for observability (including OTel) and dashboarding, to sagas and pub/sub. Even zombie and ghost messages! (spooky!). And as has been known to happen on this show - we did end up going on a tangent and geeking out about the awesome Jetbrains Rider too!Laïla is a Solutions Architect and Software Engineer at Particular Software. She’s also a Microsoft MVP, and frequent speaker talking about topics such as dotnet, messaging, distributed systems, and software engineering in general.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Oren Eini about RavenDB and diving deep into the world of database internals. We explore the intricacies of how databases work under the hood and discuss the challenges - especially around performance.Oren Eini, also known as Ayende Rahien, is the Founder and CEO of RavenDB, a leading NoSQL document database management platform, empowering both startups and Fortune 500 companies. With over 20 years of software development experience and business leadership, Oren is an internationally acclaimed presenter, a thought leader and an author, committed to continue and lead innovation of quality software and best practices. RavenDB delivers fully transactional (ACID), smart & agile, cutting-edge NoSQL end-to-end solutions, empowering businesses in efficient data management.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

In this episode, I was thrilled to be joined by Matt Hunt to chat about using the CQS pattern to improve your codebase quality and help avoid writing those ‘Big Ball of Mud’ code-bases that sadly we see way too often in our industry!CQS (Command Query Separation) is a pattern that states that a method should either be a command that performs an action or a query that returns data, but not both. This approach promotes a clear separation of concerns, improves readability, and can lead to more maintainable and scalable codebases.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here