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.NET Rocks!

Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell

.NET Rocks! is an Internet Audio Talk Show for Microsoft .NET Developers.

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  • weekly
  • Avg 1 hr
  • English
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  • Yesterday · 57 min

    XAML.io with Giovanni Albani

    OpenSilver evolves! Carl and Richard talk to Giovanni Albani about how OpenSilver continues to help folks migrate Silverlight apps into a sustainable model not dependent on the plug-in - but now the focus is on WPF! Giovanni talks about XAML.io and...

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  • October 15 · 1 hr 6 min

    AI in Live Broadcast with Tim Huckaby

    Can AI tech work in live television broadcasts? Carl and Richard talk to Tim Huckaby about his work building Duff Foreman, an AI-powered avatar for live golf programs. Tim talks about using AI to build AI, using M365 Copilot to architect and...

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  • October 7 · 54 min

    Critter Stack Update with Jeremy Miller

    The Critter Stack is growing! Carl and Richard talk with Jeremy Miller about the latest Critter Stack updates, including Marten, Wolverine, and more! First up is the stack's expansion with Polecat and Fisher, versions of Marten built for SQL Server...

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  • September 30 · 53 min

    Controlling your Digital Legacy with Mattias Karlsson

    What happens to your digital assets after you pass away? Carl and Richard talk with Mattias Karlsson about his experience navigating the challenges of losing a friend and having to reorganize their digital assets. There are the immediate issues around...

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  • September 23 · 1 hr 8 min

    RockBot with Rocky Lhotka

    How about a cloud-native AI assistant? That's RockBot! Carl and Richard talk with Rocky Lhotka about RockBot, Rocky's own variant of the OpenClaw/Hermes type personal assistant. Rocky talks about being uncomfortable with the security approaches the...

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  • September 16 · 1 hr 5 min

    Post-Quantum Crypto with Michael Howard

    Whether quantum computers are around the corner or not, the message is clear: the time for post-quantum cryptography is coming fast. Carl and Richard talk to Michael Howard about Microsoft's efforts to make post-quantum cryptography available to...

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  • September 9 · 1 hr 5 min

    Numerics.NET with Jeffrey Sax

    So what can numerics do for you? Carl and Richard talk to Jeffrey Sax about his work building Numerics.NET, a collection of general-purpose mathematical and statistical classes built for .NET. Jeffrey explains that numbers in a computer differ from...

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  • September 5 · 53 min

    Controlling your Digital Legacy with Mattias Karlsson

    Ready for a rant? Carl and Richard talk to Billy Hollis about the impact of artificial intelligence on software development. The conversation starts with a listener comment about going all-in on AI to speed up development radically, which raises the...

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  • September 4 · 1 hr 8 min

    RockBot with Rocky Lhotka

    How about a cloud-native AI assistant? That's RockBot! Carl and Richard talk with Rocky Lhotka about RockBot, Rocky's own variant of the OpenClaw/Hermes type personal assistant. Rocky talks about being uncomfortable with the security approaches the...

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  • September 3 · 1 hr 5 min

    Post-Quantum Crypto with Michael Howard

    Whether quantum computers are around the corner or not, the message is clear: the time for post-quantum cryptography is coming fast. Carl and Richard talk to Michael Howard about Microsoft's efforts to make post-quantum cryptography available to...

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  • September 3 · 1 hr 5 min

    Numerics.NET with Jeffrey Sax

    So what can numerics do for you? Carl and Richard talk to Jeffrey Sax about his work building Numerics.NET, a collection of general-purpose mathematical and statistical classes built for .NET. Jeffrey explains that numbers in a computer differ from...

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  • September 2 · 1 hr

    Constraining Agents for Software Development with Don Demcsak

    How can constraints make software development assistants more efficient? Carl and Richard talk to Don Demcsak about his work on getting LLMs to build higher-quality software with fewer resources. Don talks about how domain-driven language techniques...

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  • August 26 · 1 hr 3 min

    Arguing about AI with Billy Hollis

    Ready for a rant? Carl and Richard talk to Billy Hollis about the impact of artificial intelligence on software development. The conversation starts with a listener comment about going all-in on AI to speed up development radically, which raises the...

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  • August 20 · 56 min

    Beside, Inside, and Outside AI with Chad Michel

    What's the best way to interact with an LLM in applications? Carl and Richard talk to Chad Michel about the evolving user interface to large language models. Chad recalls Build 2023, where Technical Fellow Steven Batiche talked about LLMs starting out...

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  • August 12 · 57 min

    OpenClaw with David Guttman

    What can OpenClaw do for you? Carl and Richard talk to David Guttman about his work on OpenClaw, and helping others be successful with it.OpenClaw was one of the first personal agents released and has continued to evolve with the industry. David talks...

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  • August 5 · 55 min

    Catching Up with Shawn Wildermuth

    What's Shawn been up to lately? Carl and Richard chat with Shawn Wildermuth about his work in the Netherlands. Shawn talks about his last show on being a senior developer - and how much that has changed in the past two years. The role of large...

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  • July 30 · 1 hr 3 min

    Identity is Hard with Michele Bustamante

    Identity is hard, and getting harder! Carl and Richard talk to Michele Bustamante about the evolution of authentication and authorization in the current landscape. Michele talks about finding apps at clients that are still using older authentication...

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  • July 23 · 56 min

    Commercial Open Source Update with Jimmy Bogard

    Last year Jimmy Bogard released commercial licensed versions of AutoMapper and Mediatr - how's it going? Carl and Richard chat with Jimmy about the decision to go commercial and what he's learned after a year. Making customer transactions is part of...

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  • July 16 · 53 min

    The Role of AI in Testing with Debbie O'Brien

    How has testing changed in the era of AI? Carl and Richard talk to Debbie O'Brien in her new role at Zephyr about using LLMs to help build and validate tests - and much more. Debbie talks about joining Zephyr and using testing tools like Playwright to...

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  • July 8 · 58 min

    Open Source Maintenance Fee Update with Rob Mensching

    The Open Source Maintenance Fee is more than a year old now - how are things going? Carl and Richard catch up with Rob Mensching to discuss the OSMF and its success in supporting Rob's WiX Toolset project. Rob talks about the key aspect of the OSMF -...

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