In today's episode Carl Layton joins us to discuss authentication in the Microsoft stack. The definition of Identity in .NET has changed over the years but a lot of the fundamentals have stayed the same. We go over some of those fundamentals with Carl. We also delve into some of the complications around authentication and some of the differences and similarities between Identity in .NET Framework, .NET Core and Azure. Sooner or later in your development career you will need to deal with .NET and we hope this episode can help you along the way.

Stuart Turner has been around since the early days of .NET and has seen the evolution of ORMs in .NET firsthand. In today's episode we go over different architectural styles, usage, performance and more in .NET ORMs. Want to know whether we prefer eager loading vs lazy loading or code first vs database first? Join us and find out.

Chuck was on a strategic call with one of his potential coaching clients talking about cryptocurrencies and realized that this is one of the major reasons that people want to become influencers. Or, rather, that many people aspire to make a difference and/or make money and the best way to do that is to become the person people go to for what you do. So, how do you become the first person people think of when they think of that thing you know how to do? Let Chuck tell you.

We have discussed open source packages and projects in previous episodes but today we dig a little deeper. Manuel Grundner has contributed to several open source projects and manages one himself, Xenial.Framework. Like a lot of open source projects Manuel started Xenial based on a need he saw when consulting with different clients. We go over some of the pros and cons of creating and managing an open source project and how you can avoid some of the pitfalls to ensure your open source project thrives now and in the future.

Charles talks about the things that get developers stuck when they're trying to start their podcast or other influencer channel. He explains how to get around having those things hamper your journey.

VS Code Notebooks provides a way to write quick interactive C# along with documentation to learn and train with.

Charles Max Wood talks about how to build, grow, and benefit from positive relationships within programming. He talks about how he's built genuine positive relationships with hundreds of programmers and how he and others have grown from those relationships. He also explains that you get out of relationships what you put into them. Finally, he goes into how to begin to build relationships by building a system of influence you can use on behalf of the people you want relationships with.

Do you have questions about coding bootcamps? If so we have a lot of answers. Listen in as we pick Matt Eland's brain about his employer, Tech Elevator, and coding bootcamps in general. We discuss the differences between college and bootcamps, the admissions process, what a day looks like in bootcamp and much more.

Charles Max Wood discusses several opportunities that came his way early in his podcasting career and other opportunities that have come to other people after only a couple of podcast episodes. He explains why that happens and how you can use this to create more influence as a developer.

In today's episode we are joined by Muhammad Azeez to discuss CI/CD. It is a safe bet that most development teams could benefit by integrating CI/CD into their workflow. CI/CD can speed up development and save you from making costly and time consuming mistakes. Every team could use a Muhammad and listening to this episode may give you the push you need to start working on your own CI/CD pipeline.

Charles Max Wood started podcasting because it sounded fun and because he wanted to talk about technology. He learned pretty quickly that it got him access to people who understood the things he wanted to learn. The reasons changed over the years, as Charles explains before he talks about the big payoff he gets now from doing the podcasts.

Baskar Rao Dandlamudi joins us to discuss using GraphQL in .NET. There are a lot of good use cases for using GraphQL in .NET. The two go together like HotChocolate and a cold winter day :slight_smile: We dig into the benefits using GraphQL brings but also the mindset shift it requires during development.

Jason Weimann started out as an enthusiast of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, Everquest. After becoming a software developer and building a collaborative community playing the game, learn how he used his connections to get a job working for the company that made the game, even if it wasn't a job working as a game developer and how that led to a career working on one of the most popular online games of the time.

The panel discusses application performance monitoring, bug reporting, and real world experiences with Innocent Bindura, Snr Developer at Raygun.

Chuck outlines how he's used his podcasts to find mentors to continue his learning journey over 12 years of podcasting. Some mentors have been long lived relationships while others have lasted only a few months or even days. This episode shares Chuck's experience learning from the top people in the development community as a programmer and podcaster.

Chuck outlines how he's used his podcasts to find mentors to continue his learning journey over 12 years of podcasting. Some mentors have been long lived relationships while others have lasted only a few months or even days. This episode shares Chuck's experience learning from the top people in the development community as a programmer and podcaster.

Jason Bock comes back on the podcast to dig into C# 9 just like he did C# 8. We go over record types, init only setters, source generators and more. Join us and learn all about C# 9.

In this weeks podcast we have a panel discussion about certifications. Developer certifications and the processes to earn them are constantly evolving. Wai has earned two Azure certifications in the past few months so we pick his brain on the process. We also discuss the benefits of having certifications and the developers we believe are best suited to pursue them.

Blazor has come a long way since 2018. Blazor WebAssembly was released in 2020 and Blazor was integrated as a full-fledged member of .NET 5. Daniel Roth joins us to discuss the progress and improvements the Blazor team has made over the last year. We also discuss a number of updates coming in 2021 like the new Razor editor. The future of Blazor is bright, indeed.

In today's episode we pepper Stu with lots of questions about Azure. We discuss the difference between on-premise and the cloud and dig into the benefits of using Azure. There is a lot to unpack in Azure so we discuss some of the tools available, the pricing calculator and the shift in mindset it takes to move to the cloud. Stu is also involved in OpenHack which are hackathons run by Microsoft that provide real-world challenges to make you a better developer and help Microsoft learn from the developer community.

Jimmy Bogard joins us to talk about how he approaches open source development and consulting. MediatR and AutoMapper were created when he and his team found themselves doing a lot of copy and pasting.

Have you heard about GraphQL? HotChocolate makes it easy to integrate into .NET. Michael Staib walks us through HotChocolate, StrawberryShake and ChilliCream and how they can make your life easier.

Microservices are a very common architecture today. In this episode, we discuss good patterns, testing, logging, and communication between services.

John-Daniel Trask, founder and CEO of Raygun, talks about his experience building a monitoring company and about how to measure the speed and quality of your code.

John-Daniel Trask, founder and CEO of Raygun, talks about his experience building a monitoring company and about how to measure the speed and quality of your code.