Chris Ayers: .NET Aspire and AI - Episode 335
Azure & DevOps Podcast
Chris Ayers is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on Microsoft’s AzRel Risk SRE team, drawing on years of experience in cloud architecture, software development, and DevOps practices. He’s passionate about continuous improvement, driving reliability, and sharing industry best practices. Outside of work, Chris is a devoted father, technology enthusiast, and avid gamer. Connect with him online to explore insights into cloud operations, agile methodologies, and more. He also organizes DevOpsDays Tampa Bay. Topics of Discussion: [2:50] Chris Ayers’s career journey and formative...
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Scott Ambler: The State of Agile - Episode 334
Azure & DevOps Podcast
Scott Ambler helps people and teams adopt new ways of working (WoW) and evolve their ways of thinking (WoT), particularly around data warehousing and data quality. He is the creator of the Agile Modeling (AM) (AgileModeling.com) method and Agile Data (AD) (AgileData.org) methods. With Mark Lines, he co-created PMI’s Disciplined Agile (DA) toolkit. As a conference keynote speaker, he speaks about continuous data warehousing (DW)/business intelligence (BI), how to address enterprise data debt, how to succeed at corporate AI, and agile architecture. He has also (co-)authored several books,...
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Ryan Booz: The State of the Database in 2025 - Episode 333
Azure & DevOps Podcast
Ryan is an Advocate at Redgate focusing on PostgreSQL. Ryan has been working as a PostgreSQL advocate, developer, DBA, and product manager for over 20 years, primarily working with time-series data on PostgreSQL and the Microsoft Data Platform. Ryan is a long-time DBA, starting with MySQL and Postgres in the late ’90s. He spent more than 15 years working with SQL Server before returning to PostgreSQL full-time in 2018. He’s at the top of his game when learning something new about the data platform or teaching others about the technology he loves. Topics of Discussion: [4:10]...
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James Montemagno: .NET Aspire with Azd - Episode 332
Azure & DevOps Podcast
James Montemagno is a Principal Lead Program Manager for the Developer Community at Microsoft. He has been a .NET developer since 2005, working in a wide range of industries including game development, printer software, and web services. Prior to becoming a Principal Program Manager, James was a professional mobile developer and has been crafting apps since 2011 with Xamarin. In his spare time, he is most likely cycling around Seattle or guzzling gallons of coffee at a local coffee shop. He co-hosts the weekly development podcast Merge Conflict . Topics of Discussion: [:36] Jeffrey...
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Brady Gaster: Upgrading .NET apps - Episode 331
Azure & DevOps Podcast
Brady Gaster is a Principal Program Manager on the .NET and Visual Studio team at Microsoft where he works on Orleans, SignalR, microservices, APIs, and integration with Azure service teams in hopes of making it exciting for developers who work on .NET apps to party in the cloud! Topics of Discussion: [6:27] Collaboration with Azure Developer CLI. [8:08] The challenges of integrating ASP.NET Core with existing deployment methods like App Service. [11:45] The main questions they heard at the panel. [13:53] Deploying your dashboard to Azure Container apps. [24:31] Aspire builds on .NET...
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Aaron Powell: .NET Aspire Community Toolkit - Episode 330
Azure & DevOps Podcast
Aaron is a Developer Advocate at Microsoft. Having spent 15 years doing web development, he’s seen it all, from browser wars to the rise of AJAX and the fall of 20 JavaScript frameworks (and that was just yesterday!). Always tinkering with something new, he explores crazy ideas like writing your own implementation of numbers in .NET, creating IoC in JavaScript, or implementing tic-tac-toe using git commits. When not sitting at a computer, he can be found spending time with his wife and kids. Topics of Discussion: [4:38] Aaron shares his career journey, including his time in consulting...
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Sam Basu: Using AI for the User Interface - Episode 329
Azure & DevOps Podcast
Sam Basu is a technologist, author, speaker, Microsoft MVP, and gadget-lover and is the Developer Advocacy Manager for Progress Software. With a long developer background, he now spends much of his time advocating modern development platforms & tools on Microsoft/Telerik technology stacks. His spare time calls for travel, fast cars, cricket, and culinary adventures. You can find him as @samidip on the internet. Topics of Discussion: [3:09] Sam shares his career journey and more about his background as a developer. [5:18] Meeting the users where they are and the importance of...
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Jeff Fritz: .NET 9 and Beyond - Episode 328
Azure & DevOps Podcast
Jeff Fritz is an experienced developer, technical educator, and PM on the .NET team at Microsoft. He’s the producer of the .NET Conf online series of events, and regularly livestreams builds of websites and fun applications. You can follow Jeff for more .NET, .NET Core, and, Visual Studio content on Twitch and Twitter at @csharpfritz. Topics of Discussion: [2:40] Jeff’s background and the many roles he is involved in. [6:17] Key announcements from .NET Conf. [6:18] Starting with .NET Aspire, and getting it right with version 3. [11:24] Version 3 covers the unattended deployment...
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Ravi Ram: TechBash & Community Conferences - Episode 327
Azure & DevOps Podcast
Ravi Ram is a software engineer specializing in .NET, Azure, and intensive, high-stakes software. He started developing in 1998 with basic websites. Moved from Classic ASP with Cart.ASP. After learning about SQL injections after a client hack, he was hired by the California Department of Justice to do that work. Ravi is completely self-taught and has contributed to countless software projects over 30 years. Topics of Discussion: [3:24] Ravi shares his career journey, starting with web design for a neighbor, moving to classic ASP, and eventually to .NET. [5:12] is a .NET conference in...
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Greg Leonardo: The latest in Azure & AI - Episode 326
Azure & DevOps Podcast
Greg is a Cloud Architect who assists organizations with cloud adoption and innovation. He is currently the Head of Microsoft Cloud Services at Built Global and also the founder of Webonology. He posts on a daily Cloud Blog — . He has been working in the IT industry since his time in the military and is a developer, teacher, speaker, and early adopter. Greg has worked in many facets of IT throughout his career and is currently the president of TampaDev, a community meetup that runs #TampaCC and various technology events throughout Tampa. Greg holds a certification as a Microsoft Certified...
info_outlineJeff is the co-creator of Scrum and a leading expert on how the framework has evolved to meet the needs of today’s business. The framework he developed in 1993 and formalized in 1995 with Ken Schwaber has since been adopted by the vast majority of software development companies around the world. However, Jeff realized that the benefits of Scrum are not limited to software and product development. He has adapted this successful strategy for several other industries, including finance, healthcare, higher education, and telecom.
As the CEO of Scrum Inc., Jeff sets the vision for success with Scrum. He continues to share best practices with organizations around the globe and has written extensively on Scrum rules and methods. With a deep understanding of business processes — gleaned from years as CTO/CEO of eleven different software companies — Jeff is able to describe the high-level organizational benefits of Scrum and what it takes to create hyperproductive teams.
Topics of Discussion:
[:35] Introduction of Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum.
[3:47] Jeff Sutherland’s background: His experience at West Point and lessons in making work visible.
[5:19] Fighter pilot experiences that influenced the operational side of Scrum.
[6:02] Transition to the Air Force Academy and work in AI at Stanford.
[7:38] Learning complex adaptive systems and the origin of Agile from complex systems theory.
[8:30] How complex systems theory impacts Scrum and Agile teams today.
[9:25] Jeff’s first experiences applying Scrum in the banking industry.
[11:25] The development of Scrum and the 2001 Agile Manifesto.
[12:57] Making work visible and organizing teams, from West Point to Toyota to the Agile Manifesto.
[13:23] Fast forward to 2024: Issues in Scrum and Agile practices, including sprint lengths and backlog grooming.
[14:34] Jeff’s new book: First Principles in Scrum and its relation to Scrum technology stacks.
[16:23] Building autonomous systems: Lessons from radiation physics, AI, and complex adaptive systems.
[19:16] The influence of autonomous robots on the creation of Scrum.
[21:14] Discussion of Scrum and AI, leading to “Extreme Agile.”
[22:47] Predictions for the future of Scrum and Agile: Teams becoming 30 to 100 times faster by 2030.
[23:37] Example of AI in action: Developing a system to handle expense reports using Scrum principles.
[29:37] Challenges with AI-generated code and the need for strong software architecture knowledge.
[33:24] The importance of following Scrum “by the book” to achieve hyperproductivity.
[35:30] Jeff’s closing advice on adapting to extreme agile to stay competitive by 2030.
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