.NET Rocks!

How do we make our software greener? While at NDC in Porto, Carl and Richard talked to Lea Mladineo about her work in sustainable development. Lea talks about the impact of digital technology on the environment and how, with some thought and effort, we can make a real difference to that impact. The conversation explores how cloud computing can worsen the problem - or better! Software efficiency can reduce the number of cycles needed to complete a task, which is good for the environment and could save your organization money!

Aurora Walberg, React Server Components and Next.js expert, discusses mixing server and client rendering, using a mix and match approach with static and dynamic content in React Server Components, and the trade-off between complexity and speed in React Server Components. The hosts also discuss the challenges of compatibility and adoption, and express their excitement for a new version of a web framework.

How do you commercialize open-source products? While at NDC Porto, Carl and Richard talked to Victoria Melnikova about her work with Evil Martians, helping startups make open-source products and make a living at the same time. Victoria talks about various revenue strategies, but always with a mind to providing a "forever free" tier to be responsible to the open source community. Charging for pro-features, limiting the number of uses before a paid tier... there are several approaches to revenue that users can work with, as long as you are open and honest about how things work!

Jeff Fritz, a speaker and expert in .NET, joins the show and talks about the upcoming .NET Conf event. He shares his top ten favorite sessions, including 'What's new in C sharp 12' and 'Packing light with VS code and C sharp dev kit'. They also discuss creating project templates for Blazor web apps and advancements in AI in .NET. The hosts wrap up by sharing road trip stories and industry connections.

Charity Majors, Co-founder of Honeycomb, talks about observability engineering, the evolution of telemetry, benefits of high cardinality in observability, effectively communicating the value of engineering work, and challenges in instrumentation and spans.

What's the latest with bUnit? Carl and Richard chat with Egil Hansen about his excellent testing library for Blazor. Egil digs into the ongoing improvements being made in Blazor and how bUnit can support those changes without having to rewrite tests - even .NET 8 shouldn't be a huge problem! The conversation also digs into the different sorts of open-source projects out there, including tooling like bUnit. Not all open source is created the same! Great thinking from an experienced builder of testing tools to make it easier to build reliable Blazor applications.

Oren Eini, also known as Ayende Rahimi, is a renowned expert in database technologies and the mind behind RavenDB. He delves into the captivating world of data sharding, explaining how it enhances database performance across multiple servers. Oren discusses the benefits and potential downsides of distributing sharded databases, even across different locations. He emphasizes that while sharding might not be essential for everyone now, it's a powerful tool to have for when data demands grow.

How do you make Kubernetes easier to use? While at the Copenhagen Developers Festival, Carl and Richard talked to Annie Talvasto about her work with Kubernetes and the Cloud Native Compute Foundation. Annie talks about the easy and hard ways to work with Kubernetes and why you might choose either approach - it comes down to how much control you want. The CNCF supports many tools for Kubernetes in various stages of development to make your life easier to orchestrate containers at scale - when you need them, you'll really need them!

Azure and GitHub - better together? While at the Copenhagen Developer Festival, Carl and Richard talked to April Edwards for a special .NET Rocks Live. April talked about how Azure and GitHub work well together, discussing Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions on the CI/CD pipeline side and how other services can interact. Lots of laughter and great questions from the live audience!

Grishma Jena, data scientist at IBM, discusses the integration of data science and UX design. Topics include analyzing application telemetry to predict customer abandonment, using machine learning to analyze quantitative data, and improving UX with data.