Betatalks the podcast

In this episode, we talk with Isidora about her video series, her experience as a speaker, and advocate for more women as speakers at tech events. How it all start, what it led to and what she learned on the way. A road to speaking at Microsoft Ignite and Build, and to being a Microsoft MVP. Some lessons about having fun, sharing knowledge, and communities. How a community can open doors and why we should reach out to include more people. About this episode, and Isidora in particular: you can find @isidorakatanic on Twitter, visit her blog or watch her video series. About Betatalks: have a look at our videos and join us on our Betatalks Discord channel.

In this episode, we talk about the power of low code development and how Fusion Development Teams could be the answer to some drawbacks of software created by makers. We talk about her experience as a woman in tech and on social media. And we hear about her other passions such as sketchnoting, stickers, and Pacman! About this episode, and Luise in particular: you can find @LuiseFreese on Twitter, visit m365princess for her blog, watch her videos, or buy some amazing stickers at pimp your own device.   About Betatalks: have a look at our videos and join us on our Betatalks Discord channel.

We talk about how Gerald Versluis ended up working on GitHub Codespaces as a remote employee of Microsoft. He also shares his passion for Xamarin (Forms) and the Xamarin Community Toolkit, followed by a look into the near future with .NET 6 and MAUI. And we hear his take on Progressive Web Apps versus native apps. About this episode: some links we talked about: What will happen to the Community Toolkit?, GitHub Codespaces, and .NET MAUI. More content from Gerald on jfversluis.dev/,  be sure to watch his videos. About Betatalks: have a look at our videos and join us on our Betatalks Discord channel.

Rick and Oscar talk with Gerben van de Wiel about his experience working at a blockchain start-up over the last couple of years. We get introduced to some of the different blockchain layers and options. We learn about Substrate, an open source framework, and how it can help us. And we chat about different programming languages behind blockchain initiatives. About this episode: you can find @GerbenW on Twitter and learn more about Substrate at substrate.dev.  About Betatalks: have a look at our videos and join us on our Betatalks Discord channel.

Welcome to Betatalks the podcast, in which we talk with friends from the development community. We chat not only about technology but what drives them, inspires them, and makes them unique. Rick and Oscar, Principal Cloud Architects at Betabit, invite developers, makers, Open Source maintainers, and other amazing people from the development community. Looking for more content? Have a look at our videos and join us on our Betatalks Discord channel.