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.NET Rocks!

Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell

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

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  • 22 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 1 hr
  • English
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  • Wednesday · 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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  • July 2 · 58 min

    Azure Container Apps with Paul Yuknewicz and Jan Kalis

    Have you checked out Azure Container Apps lately? Carl and Richard talk to Paul Yuknewicz and Jan Kalis about how they have sped up startup time with Container Apps using a feature called Express, and then on to the big news - Sandboxes. Sandboxes let...

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  • June 24 · 58 min

    DNSimple CLI with Anthony Eden

    DNSimple has a CLI! Carl and Richard talk to DNSimple CEO Anthony Eden about the evolution of the DNSimple CLI in today's software market. DNSimple provides DNS, domain registrar, and certificate services - so why does it need a CLI? Anthony talks...

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  • June 17 · 1 hr 17 min

    Data Centers in Space Geek Out

    Do data centers in space make any sense? Time for a rare summer-time Geek Out! Richard chats with Carl about all the hype surrounding building orbital data centers for AI workloads. Richard points out that enthusiasm for this idea surged in the fall...

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  • June 11 · 54 min

    Event Sourcing using Cratis with Einar Ingebrigsten

    Can tooling make event sourcing implementations easier? Carl and Richard talk to Einar Ingebrigsten about his work on cratis.io - a set of open-source tools for implementing event sourcing in your application. Einar discusses the foundational elements...

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  • June 4 · 58 min

    Daemonic AI with Emmz Rendle

    Is it time to build your own agent harness? Carl and Richard talk to Emmz Rendle about her work on Daemonic AI, which gives you more control over which models and tooling you use to build software with agents. Emmz talks about the upcoming rug pull in...

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  • May 28 · 55 min

    Ten Things Scott Sauber Does On Every .NET App

    What settings, configurations, and workflows do you use for every .NET app? Carl and Richard talk to Scott Sauber about his list - from organizing folders by feature, to logging, security, and testing. Scott talks about enforcing rules like treating...

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  • May 21 · 58 min

    Using AI to Measure Quality of AI with Vishwas Lele

    Large Language Models can generate a lot of text - but is it any good? Carl and Richard talk to Vishwas Lele about his ongoing efforts at pWin.ai to build tools for responding to government RFPs. Vishwas focuses on the quality problem - both the...

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  • May 14 · 56 min

    Use What Works with Dylan Beattie

    Use What Works! Carl and Richard talk to Dylan Beattie about the Use What Works movement, encouraging developers to use well-maintained open-source projects available today rather than rolling their own. Dylan explains how folks go down a path of...

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  • May 6 · 55 min

    .NET Nanoframework with José Simões

    Ready to go nano? Carl and Richard talk to José Simões about the open source .NET nanoFramework - a community-driven project to provide .NET for embedded systems. José talks about the evolution from the .NET microFramework, to something even smaller,...

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  • April 30 · 1 hr 38 min

    Episode 2000!

    Recorded live at the Tavern Hall in Bellevue during the Party with Palermo for the MVP Summit, it's episode 2000! Carl and Richard take questions from the audience and play clips from past guests and listeners about their experiences with .NET, and...

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  • April 23 · 48 min

    How We Beat the Y2K Bug

    The Y2K bug turned out to be a non-event on January 1, 2000. How did that happen? Carl and Richard bring together a number of stories from folks who were there, fixing the software and updating systems, so effectively that, ultimately, nothing much...

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  • April 15 · 58 min

    How AI Changes Development with Rob Conery

    How are LLMs changing software development? Carl and Richard talk to Rob Conery about his experiences as a consultant bringing the new AI tools and techniques into companies. Rob talks about focusing on the most painful problems first to show the team...

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