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Jeffrey Palermo

The Azure & DevOps Podcast is a show for developers and devops professionals shipping software using Microsoft technologies. Each show brings you hard-hitting interviews with industry experts innovating better methods and sharing success stories. Listen in to learn how to increase quality, ship quickly, and operate well. Hosted by Jeffrey Palermo and sponsored by Clear Measure, Inc.

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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] TechBash is a .NET conference in Pennsylvania, emphasizing its family-friendly atmosphere and the high attendance of families.
 
[8:00] A few of Ravi’s favorite moments and sessions from TechBash.
 
[12:57] Going through code in real-time with one of the TechBash speakers.
 
[16:51] How approachable, diverse, and friendly TechBash is.
 
[17:11] Ravi talks about a session on scope logging with OpenTelemetry, which impressed him with its configuration capabilities.
 
[27:49] Why the duo loves the word “seam”!
 
[28:07] Encouragement for first-time speakers who may be interested in TechBash.
 
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
 
Clear Measure Way
 
Architect Forum
 
Software Engineer Forum
 
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
 
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
 
 .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
 
 Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
 
Ravi Ram on LinkedIn
 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhali/
 
 Sandi Metz' Rules For Developers
 https://thoughtbot.com/blog/sandi-metz-rules-for-developers
 
 Llewellyn Falco refactoring
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWiwDdx_rdoSandi 
 
 Metz' Rules For Developers
 https://thoughtbot.com/blog/sandi-metz-rules-for-developers
 
 Llewellyn Falco refactoring
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWiwDdx_rdo
 
 
 
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Ravi Ram: TechBash & Community Conferences - Episode 327

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 process.
 
[12:20] Benefits of the aspireify.net website.
 
[18:23] AI extensions for .NET.
 
[22:28] Recommendations for hardware for AI development.
 
[25:35] The static assets features.
 
[28:57] Using Github Copilot.
 
[30:13] Remembering that AI is just a text calculator.
 
[36:21] How people can catch up with the content from .NETConf.
 
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
 
Clear Measure Way
 
Architect Forum
 
Software Engineer Forum
 
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
 
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
 
 .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
 
 Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
 
 Ep 278 with Jeff Fritz
 
TagzApp
 
Fritz on the Web
 
 AI extensions for .NET
 
Unified AI Building Blocks for .NET using Microsoft.Extensions.AI
 
 Introducing Phi-3
 
Introducing Whisper
 
dotnet on YouTube
 
Microsoft Ignite
 
aspireify.NET
 
 
 
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Jeff Fritz: .NET 9 and Beyond - Episode 328

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 adaptability.
 
[8:07] What kinds of use cases are available today for developers to use AI when it comes to UI?
 
[9:15] The two-pronged approach to UI and UX.
 
[13:33] Challenges and opportunities in AI integration.
 
[16:21] Future of the user interface.
 
[21:43] The AI models are exceptionally smart in understanding natural language.
 
[25:41] How GitHub Copilot can help developers.
 
[26:48] The limitations of GitHub Copilot.
 
[30:46] The gap in training for developers for Copilot.
 
[33:06] Use cases on Smart AI.
 
[36:14] The importance of responsible AI development.
 
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
 
Clear Measure Way
 
Architect Forum
 
Software Engineer Forum
 
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
 
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
 
 .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
 
 Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
 
Sam on X
 
Sam Basu
 
 Sam Basu Microsoft
 
Smart UI Powered by AI
 
ASP.NET Core
 
Smart AI Components
 
Sakura AI
 
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Sam Basu: Using AI for the User Interface - Episode 329

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 and technical sales.
 
[6:48] The importance of understanding both technical and business aspects of software development.
 
[7:36] .NET Aspire and the community toolkit.
 
[15:21] Having a centralized place for discovering and contributing integrations.
 
[17:02] Running Ollama.
 
[21:12] Diving in more to the integration.
 
[24:27] Deployment options for .NET Aspire applications, including Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes.
 
[29:08] Testing and Acceptance with .NET Aspire.
 
[35:02] The process of attaching debuggers to applications and the challenges of debugging distributed applications.
 
[41:23] The community toolkit provides clear guidelines and contributing guides to help developers get involved.
 
[43:42] How people can get more involved and contribute.
 
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
 
Clear Measure Way
 
Architect Forum
 
Software Engineer Forum
 
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
 
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
 
 .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
 
 Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
 
GitHub Community Toolkit
 
Aaron Powell
 
Aaron Powell Website
 
Aaron Powell Microsoft
 
Aaron on X 
 
Aaron on Mastodon Social
 
Aaron on Twitch
 
Aaron on LinkedIn
 
Aaron on Bluesky
 

 

 
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Aaron Powell: .NET Aspire Community Toolkit - Episode 330

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 and everything you can do with .NET, you can keep doing.
 
[27:03] Tips for developing against Aspire resources.
 
[27:50] The future focuses on security.
 
[30:02] Optimizing your development environment around DevOps.
 
[34:28] How much is Kubernetes an actual dependency, or can normal .NET applications just use App Service and not be tied to Kubernetes?
 
[39:37] Brady’s thoughts on the benefits of containers and the potential for easier alternatives in the future.
 
[44:06] AI doing a better job of suggesting the right code.
 
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
 
Clear Measure Way
 
Architect Forum
 
Software Engineer Forum
 
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
 
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
 
 .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
 
 Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
 
 “Building new (and retrofitting old) apps with .NET Aspire to streamline your development process”
 
 Ep 295 with Brady Gaster
 
 
 
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Brady Gaster: Upgrading .NET apps - Episode 331

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 mergeconflict.fm.
 
 
 
Topics of Discussion:
 
[:36] Jeffrey introduces the concept of .NET Aspire and highlights its integration with Azure DevOps and .NET ecosystem tools.
 
[2:51] The evolution of .NET mobile and desktop development since 2005.
 
[4:45] An overview of .NET Aspire and its focus on simplifying app development and infrastructure orchestration.
 
[11:45] How .NET Aspire supports both local development and cloud deployment.
 
[16:24] Integrating DevOps automation for Azure deployments using bicep templates and Azure Developer CLI (azd).
 
[25:30] Generating infrastructure manifests and deploying them with Azure Developer CLI.
 
[32:51] Configuring Azure resources like Redis Cache for development and deployment scenarios.
 
[35:11] Simplifying cloud deployment for developers using Azure Container Apps.
 
[39:37] Polyglot support in .NET Aspire projects, allowing integration with Python, JavaScript, and more.
 
[44:50] Plans to integrate development tunnels to streamline mobile app testing.
 
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
 
Clear Measure Way
 
Architect Forum
 
Software Engineer Forum
 
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
 
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
 
 .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
 
 Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
 
 Ep 62 with James Montemagno
 
James Montemagno
 
James on YouTube
 
James Montemagno GitHub
 
James on DevOps
 
James on X
 
 .NET Aspire Manifest plus + azd + Bicep == Mind Blown
 
Aspire Dashboard
 
 
 
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James Montemagno: .NET Aspire with Azd - Episode 332

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] What made Ryan a database guy?
 
[6:11] CodeMash.
 
[6:58] Discovering the potential of SQL Server.
 
[12:02] The state of the database in 2025 and the things generalist developers should know.
 
[15:27] The challenge of interfacing between database types.
 
[19:57] Is Microsoft Fabric the future?
 
[22:44] Postgres for .NET developers.
 
[24:46] Nuances of migrating from SQL Server to Postgres.
 
[26:01] Postgres resources for data professionals.
 
[35:29] Postgres and its innovative edge.
 
[38:30] What is a vector database?
 
[39:45] The power of Postgres indexing.
 
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
 
Clear Measure Way
 
Architect Forum
 
Software Engineer Forum
 
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
 
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
 
 .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
 
 Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
 
 Ep 245 with Ryan Booz
 
Figuring Out Fabric
 
SQLGene Training
 
 Introduction to PostgreSQL for the data professional. Kindle Edition
 
Postgres Playground
 
pgEdge
 
 “Name Collision of the Year”
 
 
 
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Ryan Booz: The State of the Database in 2025 - Episode 333

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, including Choose Your WoW!, An Executive’s Guide to Disciplined Agile, Refactoring Databases, and Agile Modeling. For a full list of his books, visit Scottambler.com/my-books/.
 
 
 
Topics of Discussion:
 
[4:29] Scott talks about his career journey.
 
[6:53] Scott’s early involvement in Agile.
 
[8:34] Needing to up our game in the Agile space.
 
[8:55] Agile2025 Conference this summer in Denver, CO.
 
[11:20] Challenges and evolution within the Agile community.
 
[20:01] Are we going to have a new Agile gold rush?
 
[21:47] Keeping an eye out for inappropriate processes.
 
[25:38] How we can do better.
 
[28:17] The Agile Manifesto.
 
[35:03] Importance of database refactoring and continuous data operations.
 
[36:46] What best practices does Scott recommend?
 
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
 
Clear Measure Way
 
Architect Forum
 
Software Engineer Forum
 
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
 
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
 
 .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
 
 Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
 
Scott Ambler
 
Scott Ambler LinkedIn
 
The Future of Agile Isn't Shit
 
 
 
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Scott Ambler: The State of Agile - Episode 334

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 moments in site reliability engineering.
 
[3:33] The importance of being open to learning and stepping outside your comfort zone.
 
[8:53] Chris’s talk on Aspire, Azure, and Open AI.
 
[9:30] How Chris is improving Azure’s reliability through internal innovation.
 
[10:16] Benefits of Aspire: orchestration, integration, and abstraction for infrastructure.
 
[12:29] AI extensions in Aspire: how they enable developers to work with different AI models like OpenAI and local models.
 
[14:09] Using OpenTelemetry for seamless integration and monitoring in Azure.
 
[18:38] Prompt engineering: crafting prompts as part of business logic.
 
[20:50] Exploring agentic AI development and multi-agent chatbots.
 
[21:05] AI use cases in healthcare and responsible AI principles.
 
[29:22] Simplifying Azure resource management with Aspire and opinionated defaults.
 
[32:35] Using Honeycomb and other tools for effective telemetry and logging.
 
[33:39] Hugging Face and KAITO: enabling access to a marketplace of specialized AI models and Kubernetes AI integration.
 
[34:10] Running Olama models locally: balancing scale, cost, and use cases.
 
[39:38] AI as a tool to enhance productivity rather than replace people.
 
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
 
Clear Measure Way
 
Architect Forum
 
Software Engineer Forum
 
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
 
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
 
 .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
 
 Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
 
Chris Ayers Speaking
 
Chris Ayers Speaker Profile
 
Build with Aspire
 
 
 
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Chris Ayers: .NET Aspire and AI - Episode 335

Matt McCleary is a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft working on observability tools to empower developers to be successful. Matt started his career in engineering and has worked in tech for 10 years, the latest 8 at Microsoft. He’s been on the Azure Monitor team for most of that time. His passion is listening to customers and finding ways to make the product better. In his spare time, he finds himself coaching his 8-year-old son’s basketball team and playing in an adult men’s basketball league.
 
 
 
Topics of Discussion:
 
[3:26] Matt recounts his early interest in engineering and a pivotal moment during a college tour, along with his transition from civil engineering to business intelligence consulting, which led him to telemetry.
 
[6:29] The strategy around Azure Monitor.
 
[10:04] The three pillars of logs, traces, and metrics.
 
[15:02] Recording custom metrics.
 
[17:29] What is a distributed trace?
 
[24:08] The concept of a custom event.
 
[27:29] Future plans for Azure Monitor.
 
[31:04] Integration with .NET Aspire.
 
[34:04] Guidance on the best practices for Azure Monitor.
 
[36:40] Application insights resources.
 
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
 
Clear Measure Way
 
Architect Forum
 
Software Engineer Forum
 
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
 
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
 
 .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
 
 Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
 
Matthew McCleary LinkedIn
 
Matt McCleary Twitter
 
Matt McCleary Github
 
 Announcing Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro
 
 
 
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Matt McCleary: Telemetry & Observability in .NET Aspire - Episode 336

John Callaway is an International Speaker and author and has received many Microsoft MVP awards. He has been a professional developer since 1999, focusing primarily on web technologies. Currently, he specializes in C# and .NET in Azure. Clean code and professionalism are particularly important to him, as well as mentoring and teaching others what he has learned along the way. He was a podcaster for several years at the 6Figure Developer podcast. He is available for independent and freelance software consulting work and enjoys speaking and presenting on various topics. You can contact him at john.callaway@outlook.com. 
 
 
 
Topics of Discussion:
 
[3:08] A few of John’s career highlights.
 
[4:53] What is the RetroPie Manager?
 
[9:24] Details of the RetroPie Manager Project.
 
[13:50] Used Vehicle Checklist.
 
[18:45] The use of local storage in the checklist application and the potential for future enhancements.
 
[21:23] Future trends in web development and AI tools.
 
[27:00] The impact of AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot on development productivity and quality.
 
[28:01] John emphasizes the need for developers to continue defining application architectures and translating user requirements.
 
 
 
Mentioned in this Episode:
 
Clear Measure Way
 
Architect Forum
 
Software Engineer Forum
 
Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.
 
Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)
 
 .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!
 
 Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!
 
John Callaway LinkedIn
 
St. Pete .NET Meetup
 
The 6 Figure Developer
 
Yet Another RetroPie Manager
 
Used Vehicle Checklist
 
David Pine
 
Fluent UI Blazor
 
 
 
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John Callaway: Blazor and IoT - Episode 324

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