The Unhandled Exception Podcast
A software development podcast hosted by Dan Clarke, focusing primarily on .NET and Azure but also covering a wide range of other topics including Git, Docker, Kubernetes, productivity, and more. Each episode features discussions about tools, practices, and challenges faced by developers, with occasional guests.
Episodes
Agent Skills - with Matt Pocock
In this episode, I was joined by Matt Pocock - creator of Total TypeScript, and the author of the wildly popular mattpocock/skills repo of agent skills, which work with any agent or model. We deliberately agreed beforehand not to plan this one, and just let the conversation go wherever it wanted to! We chatted about his grill-me and wayfinder skills, the death of tactical programming, the "sm
OpenSpec - with Tabish Bidiwale
In this episode, I was joined by Tabish Bidiwale, the creator of OpenSpec! As a daily user (and big fan) of OpenSpec, this was a great honour to geek-out about it with the creator, and chat in general about coding with AI agents.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments, please see the website here
AI Panel Discussion at DDD South West 2026
This was another live audience recording, hosted once again at the DDD South West conference in Bristol (UK) - two years on from the first live panel we recorded there. I was joined by a panel of speakers, and this time the conversation focused specifically on what AI means for software developers. After introductions, we dug into whether AI is going to take our jobs, how much code we actually sti
Simplicity First - with Chris Woody Woodruff
In this episode, I was joined by Chris “Woody” Woodruff to chat about a simplicity-first approach to software architecture. Chris has a book coming out on this topic, and we discussed why simplicity should be the default.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
The .NET Foundation - with Irina Dominte and Jonathan Tower
In this episode, I was joined by both Irina Dominte and Jonathan Tower to chat about the .NET Foundation. They both recently ran for the .NET Foundation’s board of directors, and were elected! 👏 We chatted about their experiences running for the board, what the election process was like, and their initial experiences as board members.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see t
Playwright - with Debbie O'Brien
In this episode, I was joined by Debbie O’Brien to chat about Playwright - Microsoft’s open-source end-to-end testing framework. I’m a huge fan of Playwright, so I was really excited to have this chat with Debbie. We covered a lot of ground, including features such as Codegen, Trace Viewer, and UI Mode. We also spoke a lot about AI - including the exciting Playwright MCP Server which enables AI ag
AI and the Microsoft Agent Framework - with James World
In this episode, I was joined by James World to chat about AI for developers. We covered a lot of general AI chat - from using it to quickly knock up tools, to spec-driven development, and much more. We also discussed the Microsoft Agent Framework - a new open-source framework for building AI agents and multi-agent workflows.James World is a seasoned technology leader and Solution Architect with o
AI-driven development and DevOps - with Jeffrey Palermo
In this episode, I was joined by Jeffrey Palermo to chat about AI-driven development and DevOps. We discussed how AI is changing the way we write software, and the importance of having mature DevOps processes in place (eg. good tests, CI pipelines, and specs) before we can properly start leveraging AI to write features in a reliable and consistent way.Jeffrey Palermo is the host of the Azure &
Oh My Posh - with Jan De Dobbeleer
In this episode, I was delighted to be joined by Jan De Dobbeleer to chat about the amazing Oh My Posh! This is something I’ve used for years, so it was really great chatting with Jan about it. Oh My Posh is a highly customisable cross-platform prompt engine for any shell. We also chatted about his experiences as an open-source developer.Jan is a passionate software engineer with a love for creati
A Microsoft AI discussion with Olorunfemi Davis
In this episode, I was joined by Olorunfemi Davis to chat about AI. We chatted about Microsoft Copilot Studio, Semantic Kernel, and AI in general.With 9 years of experience, Olorunfemi specialises in architecting, building, and optimising secure, high-performance systems. His expertise covers the full spectrum of C# / .NET development and managing infrastructure across Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Go
Goals and time management - with Gui Ferreira
In this episode, I was joined by Gui Ferreira to chat about one of my favourite topics - life productivity! Where we talked about goal-setting, time management, and productivity in general. We also chatted a bit at the end about testing and AI.Guilherme Ferreira, also known as Gui, is a Minimalist Software Craftsman, passionate about simplicity and continuous learning. Gui is a Microsoft MVP for D
Shawn Wildermuth
In this episode, I was delighted to be joined by Shawn Wildermuth. We chatted about software development in general, careers, AI, and more!Shawn Wildermuth is a software development consultant, Microsoft MVP, Pluralsight author, and speaker with over 30 years of experience in the industry.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
.NET Aspire - with Maddy Montaquila
In this episode, I was honoured to be joined by Maddy Montaquila to chat about the amazing .NET Aspire! We covered a lot of stuff in this episode - from what Aspire is, and its features - to various stories about the decisions made and the future plans for Aspire. We also took a few tangents, chatting about AI and vibe coding! It was such a fun conversation!We also talk about my new Dometrain cour
The Outbox Pattern - with Tomek Masternak and Szymon Pobiega
In this episode, I was joined by Tomek Masternak and Szymon Pobiega from Particular Software (NServiceBus) for a technical discussion about the Outbox Pattern! The pattern is designed to improve reliability of messaging by storing outgoing messages in a database table (the “outbox”) as part of the same transaction that modifies business data - allowing a separate process to read and publish those
The Uno Platform and Hot Design - with Jérôme Laban
In this episode, I was joined by Jérôme Laban, the CTO of the Uno Platform. We chatted about the Uno Platform itself, which is a cross-platform framework for building single-codebase applications that run on Windows, iOS, Android, macOS, Linux, and the web via WebAssembly. We also discussed a new Hot Design feature, which is a designer/builder that during development, becomes part your application
Upgrade your Brain's OS - with Rob West
As developers, we’re always looking for ways to improve and optimise our code. Yet we often neglect our body’s hardware and software. In this episode, I was joined by Rob West, to chat about how we can use mindfulness, nutrition, and exercise to upgrade our brain’s operating system. A large part of our discussion was about our ability to focus, why are brains naturally struggle with this, especial
Unhandled Exceptions - With Callum Linington
In this episode, I was joined for a second time by Callum Linington - this time to discuss exceptions, which is quite fitting given the show’s name! We chatted about why you should avoid using exceptions for your main business logic and control flow, and explored better ways to handle errors. And I’m afraid the “monad” word got thrown in too! 🙈For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - pl
GitHub Actions - With Scott Sauber
In this episode, I was joined by Scott Sauber to chat about GitHub Actions. Before that though, we chatted about the differences between ‘Continuous Integration’, ‘Continuous Delivery’, and ‘Continuous Deployment’. Then we delved into the world of GitHub Actions, and how they can be used to automate your workflows.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
Naming things is hard! - with Nick Cosentino
In this episode, I was joined by Nick Cosentino (DevLeader on the socials) to chat about refactoring code. We also discussed various other things, like automated testing, and how AI might affect us as developers, and much more!For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
The Umbraco CMS and Community
In this group episode, I was joined by Carl Sargunar, Lotte Pitcher, Carole Rennie Logan, and Callum Whyte, to discuss the Umbraco community and CMS! We chatted about the amazing community around Umbraco, as well as the features of the CMS itself. It definitely made me want to reach for Umbraco next time I need a CMS!For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
Modular Monoliths - with Steve "ardalis" Smith
In this episode, I was honoured to be joined by Steve “ardalis” Smith to chat about Modular Monoliths! We discussed the benefits of going down the Modular Monolith route instead of moving to microservices. We also chatted about how MediatR can help with this, and also about creating online courses.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
Live Panel Discussion at DDD South West 2024
This was the first episode we’ve done which has been recorded live with an audience! It was hosted at the DDD South West conference in Bristol (UK), and I was joined by a panel of speakers. After introductions, I kicked off the conversation with a question about AI - and then we went from there, taking further dev-related questions from the audience.For a full list of show notes, or to add comment
Serverless, AWS, and .NET - with James Eastham
In this episode I was joined by James Eastham to initially to chat about AWS and Serverless with .NET… but we ended up covering a whole lot more! We chatted about OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes, Rust, and our Dometrain courses too!James Eastham is a Senior Cloud Architect at Amazon Web Services and content creator. He has over 10 years of experience in software, at all layers of the application stack.
C# and Blazor - with Mads Torgersen, Dan Roth, and Scott Hunter!
In this episode, I was honoured to be joined by Mads Torgersen, Dan Roth, and Scott Hunter!!! 🤯 We chatted about Blazor in .NET 8; C#12 interceptors, C#13, C#36 (you have to listen 😉), source generators, discriminated unions, AOT, and Stephen Toub’s performance blog posts!Mads, Dan, and Scott all work for Microsoft, and are heavily involved in .NET. Mads is the Lead Designer of C#, Dan is Product
GitKraken - with Justin Roberts and Eric Amodio
In this episode, I was joined by Justin Roberts and Eric Amodio to chat about the GitKraken Git client. We chatted about its features, and also what it’s been like working on it. We also spoke about the GitLens VS Code client.Justin is the Senior Director of Product at GitKraken, and has been leading the design of the GitKraken Git Client. Eric is the CTO, and also the creator of GitLens for VS Co
Chocolatey - with Gary Ewan Park
In this episode, I was joined by Gary Ewan Park to chat about Chocolatey, and what it’s been like as a developer working on it. Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows, and it’s a tool that I’ve used for many years - so really enjoyed chatting with Gary about it!Gary is a Principal Software Engineer at Chocolatey Software and Microsoft Visual Studio and Development Technologies MVP and GitHub
Speed mentoring and the power of Community - with Mia Gordon
In this episode, I was joined by Mia Gordon to chat about speed mentoring! I was recently invited to a speed mentoring event that she organised, and it was such a fun event and great idea and concept - that I invited her onto the show to chat about it! We also spoke about the power of community, and how big a difference it can make to your career and life.Mia is a Full Stack Developer at Ministry
Platform Engineering and IaC - with Shahid Iqbal
In this episode, I was joined for a second time by Shahid Iqbal, this time to chat about Platform Engineering and Infrastructure as Code! We discussed what Platform Engineering means, and also different IaC tools. And Shahid’s undying love for Pulumi! 😂Shahid is a Principal Platform Architect at Auror based in Auckland NZ, and is also an Azure MVP.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments
.NET Conf 2023 - with Scott Hunter
In this episode I was honoured to be joined by Scott Hunter to chat about the announcements from .NET Conf 2023! The main areas we discussed were C#12 features, the new .NET Aspire, C# Devkit, Native AOT, and also touched a bit on Blazor. As always - it’s an exciting time to be a .NET developer!For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
Hexagonal Architecture - with Valentina Cupać
In this episode, I was joined by Valentina Cupać to chat about Hexagonal Architecture. We discussed what Hexagonal Architecture is, how it can help us build better software, and the difference between it and other similar architectures, such as Clean and Onion Architecture.Valentina is a Technical Coach at Optive, helping development teams deliver quality software with TDD and Clean Architecture.
Dometrain - with Nick Chapsas
In this episode, I was joined for the second time by Nick Chapsas! This time, we chatted about his new Dometrain teaching platform. Nick started off creating courses on his own website, nickchapsas.com, which he’s recently rebranded to Dometrain and reached out to other authors to also create courses - myself included! I’ve recently released a Docker course on Dometrain, and we chatted about my ex
.NET and Podcasting - with Jamie Taylor
In this episode, I was joined by the host of The Modern .NET Show, Jamie Taylor to chat about both .NET and podcasting! We also chatted about various other things like productivity, remote working and life balance, supporting junior developers, and plenty more!For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
NServiceBus - with Laïla Bougriâ
In this episode, I had great fun chatting with Laïla Bougriâ about NServiceBus and how it can help with your distributed architecture. From its support for observability (including OTel) and dashboarding, to sagas and pub/sub. Even zombie and ghost messages! (spooky!). And as has been known to happen on this show - we did end up going on a tangent and geeking out about the awesome Jetbrains Rider
RavenDB Database Internals - with Oren Eini
In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Oren Eini about RavenDB and diving deep into the world of database internals. We explore the intricacies of how databases work under the hood and discuss the challenges - especially around performance.Oren Eini, also known as Ayende Rahien, is the Founder and CEO of RavenDB, a leading NoSQL document database management platform, empowering both
Cleaning your Big Ball of Mud using CQS - with Matt Hunt
In this episode, I was thrilled to be joined by Matt Hunt to chat about using the CQS pattern to improve your codebase quality and help avoid writing those ‘Big Ball of Mud’ code-bases that sadly we see way too often in our industry!CQS (Command Query Separation) is a pattern that states that a method should either be a command that performs an action or a query that returns data, but not both. Th
We Are .NET - with Tim Cadenbach and Matthias Jost
In this episode, I was joined by both Tim Cadenbach and Matthias Jost to chat about the exciting new .NET community - We Are .NET! At its core, it’s a community portal aggregating and presenting videos, blogs, twitch, and other feeds of any creator with .NET content. However, it’s not just content aggregation though - and is becoming a rapidly growing community.For a full list of show notes, or to
Elastic - with Steve Gordon
In this episode, I was joined by Steve Gordon to chat about the Elastic Stack, and his work on the Elasticsearch .NET client.Steve is a senior engineer at Elastic, maintaining the .NET client libraries. He’s a Microsoft MVP, Pluralsight author, speaker, and blogger, and user-group organiser.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
Brighter - with Ian Cooper
In this episode, I was joined by Ian Cooper to chat about the Brighter and Darker frameworks.Brighter is a framework for building messaging applications with .NET and C#. It can be used with an in-memory bus, or for interoperability in a microservices architecture allowing out of process messaging via a wider range of middleware transports. And Darker is the query counterpart to Brighter.Ian is a
Hot Reload - with David Wengier
In this milestone 50th episode (🥳🎉🍻) - I was joined by David Wengier to chat about how .NET’s hot reload works! We covered how the metadata in dotnet assemblies work, and how hot reload manipulates this data in various ways in memory to do its thing. We also touched a bit on the whole hot-reload dotnet drama thing! 🤫🙈We had quite a fun chat afterwards too, so decided to include that in the episode
Cake 🍰 - with Mattias Karlsson
In this episode, I was joined by Mattias Karlsson to chat about Cake! Nope, not the food - something _even better_! Cake is a build orchestration tool where your builds scripts are written in C#. There are tons of addons for most tasks you can think of, and it's easy to write your own. And you can run these all locally just like you would on the build agent. I dread to think how many many day
Coffee and Code - with Isaac Levin
In this episode, I was joined by Isaac Levin that chat about… way too many things to put in an episode title, that’s for sure! 😂 We decided to not have a particular topic in mind - and just chat and see where the conversation took us! We ended up talking about podcasting, working remotely and the pandemic, general career stuff, public speaking, containers, AWS, learning, mindsets, guitars, and mor
Application Security - with Tanya Janca
In this episode, I was joined by Tanya Janca to chat about Application Security (or AppSec for short!). We chatted about various topics - from security topics and training, to her book and online community, to public speaking!Tanya is the founder and CEO at We Hack Purple, which is an online learning academy, community and weekly podcast that revolves around teaching everyone to create secure soft
Vim - with Joseph Woodward
In this episode, I was joined again by Joseph Woodward to geek out on Vim! Joe joined us on the last episode to talk about the Go programming language - and as we’re both huge fans of Vim, we decided to stay on and record a second episode chatting about it!In it, we talk about both the Vim way of using the keyboard (Vim keybindings), and also Vim the editor and its plugin ecosystem.Joseph is a Sof
Go - with Joseph Woodward
In this episode, I was joined by Joseph Woodward to chat all about the Go programming language. Joe has done a lot of dotnet in the past, but is now focusing more on Go - so an ideal guest to help us compare on contrast.Joseph is a Software Engineer at Form3, speaker, and open-source contributor. Lover of Go, OSS, Neovim and distributed systems things.For a full list of show notes, or to add comme
gRPC - with Poornima Nayar
In this episode, I was joined by Poornima Nayar to chat all about gRPC! gRPC is Google’s implementation of RPC. Since .NET Core 3.0, gRPC has first-class support in .NET and seems to be the way forward for remote procedure calls. We chatted about what gRPC is, how to use it, what usecases you’d want to use it for, and much much more!Poornima is a .NET developer with over 10 years of experience in
Docker Demystified - with (me) Dan Clarke
This episode was a solo episode where I try my best to “demystify” Docker! A difficult task over an audio podcast, so hopefully it’s digestible! I cover the following topics…What are containers and images?Container registriesUse cases for containersInteracting with DockerDocker ComposeVolumesBuilding your own imagesImage layer cachingMulti-stage DockerfilesAbout Container OrchestratorsUsing Docker
The Unlikely Success of a Copy Paste Developer - with Iris Classon
In this episode, I was joined by Iris Classon to chat all about her book - The Unlikely Success of a Copy Paste Developer. The book is a very fun, light-hearted, fictional novel about a software developer called Leo, and a range of very interesting characters Leo has to work with. I’ve recently read the book, and thoroughly enjoyed it. As a software developer, a lot of the stories are very relatab
OpenTelemetry - with Martin Thwaites
In this episode, I was joined by Martin Thwaites from Honeycomb to chat about OpenTelemetry. OpenTelemetry (or OTel) standardises metrics, logs, and traces - allowing different systems and languages to be able to write telemetry data in a common format and be understood by any visualisation UIs that support it. This is becoming widely adopted, meaning that with minor changes to your applications -
Demystifying Messaging in Azure - with Sean Feldman
In this episode, I was joined by Sean Feldman to chat all about messaging in Azure! Starting off explaining why you’d want to use messaging in your solutions. Then explaining the difference between different types of messaging - eg. pub/sub, event streaming, etc. Then going through discussing all the different Azure services that relate to messaging.Sean Feldman is a consulting Solutions Architect
Windows Terminal - with Kayla Cinnamon
In this episode, I was thrilled to be joined by Kayla Cinnamon to chat about the Windows Terminal! I’m a huge fan of WT, and use it daily - so it was an honour to have Kayla on to chat about it! Kayla is a Program Manager at Microsoft, Delivering Windows Terminal and Cascadia Code. She’s also the Host of Windows Wednesday, and works on the Windows developer experience.For a full list of show notes
.NET MAUI, IoT, and Handy the bionic Arm - with Clifford Agius
In this episode, I was joined by Clifford Agius to chat about both .NET MAUI, and also developing for IoT. (These were separate topics - not specifically IoT on MAUI). Clifford is an airline pilot who’s also a freelance .NET developer who regularly blogs and speaks at conferences around the world!MAUI (Multi-platform App UI) is a new .NET framework for building multi-platform apps - both mobile (i
Microsoft Build 2022
Microsoft have just had their annual Build conference - which comes with a whole host of exciting announcements and discussions about hot programming topics in the Microsoft developer space. And each year, I long for a podcast episode to come out straight after Build, overviewing them! Well, this year - this podcast aims to do just that! In this episode, I was joined by both Scott Hunter and Gaura
Andrew Lock - ASP.NET, Blogging, Kubernetes, and more!
In this episode, I was honoured to be joined by Andrew Lock, who is probably best known for his amazing ‘must-subscribe’ blog - andrewlock.net. He’s also the author of the Manning ebook, ASP.NET Core in Action, Second Edition. We covered a lot in this episode - from the different flavours of ASP.NET, to Kubernetes, Blazor, gRPC, testing, Minimal API, MediatR… and more!For a full list of show notes
MiniHack - with Paul Michaels and Kev Smith
In this episode, I was joined by Paul Michaels and Kev Smith, to chat about their monthly online meetup they both run.MiniHack is an online tech-agnostic monthly meetup, where teams of between 3 and 6 people compete to produce the best solution to a given problem. In their own words - “Where we meet monthly to come up with cool solutions to pointless problems”.For a full list of show notes, or to
Geeking out on .NET with Nick Chapsas
In this episode, I was thrilled to be joined by Nick Chapsas! If you’re a .NET developer - then his YouTube channel is an absolute must! Given all the amazing topics he covers on his channel - it would have been a shame to just chat with him about a single topic! So we decided to do a few lightning topics instead! Here’s what we geeked out on….NET 6 Minimal APIThe outdated opinion of some non .NET
Razor Pages - with Mike Brind
In this episode, I was joined by Mike Brind to chat about ASP.NET Core Razor Pages. We also spoke about his Manning MEAP book, ASP.NET Core Razor Pages in Action.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
Technical Leadership - with Jess White
In this episode, I was joined by Jess White to chat about technical leadership and how to support teams and manage people. Jess provides tons of advice and insights into what makes teams both happy and productive.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
MassTransit and Open Source - with Chris Patterson
In this episode, I was joined by Chris Patterson to chat about the open-source distributed messaging framework, MassTransit. We also spoke about open-source, event-driven architecture, docker, k8s, testing, Rider, and more!For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
Developer Productivity with (me!) Dan Clarke
Developer productivity is something I’ve been really interested in for quite a few years. So I decided, rather than having a guest on for this topic - it’s one I wanted to cover myself. So in this first episode of the year - I’ve gone solo, and talk about the things I find have made a big difference to my productivity over the years. Also why I think this term “10x developer” is a big understateme
Snapshot Testing with Simon Cropp
In this episode, I was joined by Simon Cropp to chat about a form of testing called Snapshot testing! Simon is the author of Verify, which is a library that I’m quickly discovering is going to save me a HUGE amount of time when writing tests in dotnet! We chatted about snapshot testing in general; the various helper extensions that Verify has, which adds support for lots of different technologies;
UX with Jessica Engstrom
In this episode, I was joined by Jessica Engström to chat about UX! A topic that most developers (myself included) need to be more aware of when building UIs! Jessica is also a fellow podcast host, co-hosting the awesome Coding After Work podcast!For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here
Visual Studio 2022 - with Kendra Havens
Not long to go until the release of both .NET 6 and Visual Studio 2022! But if you can’t wait that long - the preview releases of both can be downloaded right now! In this episode, I was joined by Kendra Havens to chat about what’s new and coming! Kendra is a Program Manager on the .NET and Visual Studio team, and we also chatted a bit in this episode about what software development is like intern
Event Sourcing and Event Driven Architecture - with Callum Linington
In this episode, I was joined by Callum Linington to chat about Event Sourcing! Events over time are how the world works - so shouldn’t we be leveraging that in our architectures? As quite often happens, we also went on one or two tangents, and covered a ton of other related including MediatR, CQRS, F#, DDD, Rx, Redux, and more!For a full list of show links, see the website here
NDepend with Patrick Smacchia
In this episode, I was joined by Patrick Smacchia, all the way from the beautiful island of Mauritius, to chat all about NDepend! An amazing tool for analysing .NET projects and displaying tons of useful information to help improve code quality. From scanning for code quality issues, to showing plenty of dependency graphs and code visualisations.For a full list of show links, see the website here
Dependency Injection in .NET with Steve Collins
In this episode, I was joined by Steve Collins to chat all about dependency injection in .NET. We (well, Steve!) demystified terms such as dependency inversion and inversion of control containers, and then delved into the world of dependency injection in .NET, covering scopes, and much more…For a full list of show links, see the website here
Git - with Jesse Liberty and James World
In this episode, I was joined by Jesse Liberty and James World to chat about a topic I'm also personally very passionate about - the Git source control system.Jesse is a fellow podcast host, as well as an author of a book about Git.James is a Solution Architect who has done many a talk on Git and likes to delve a bit deeper into what goes on under the hood (as you'll see in this episode!
Jetbrains Rider, Code With Me, and more!
Everyone who knows me, knows I'm a massive fan of Jetbrains Rider! So it was about time we had an episode on it! In this episode, I was joined by both Maarten Balliauw and Kirill Skrygan to chat all about it. We discussed the Rider architecture, Code With Me, Remote Development; and also the awesome power of keyboard shortcuts!For a full list of show links, see the website here
Azure Bicep with Alex Frankel
In this episode, I was joined by Alex Frankel to chat about Azure Bicep! Bicep is a new DSL that transpiles down to native ARM templates. Except that it greatly improved upon the very hard to read and write ARM templates, making Infrastructure as Code in Azure a far nicer user experience. We delved into the Bicep language, the tooling, a bit of the history - and even geeked out a bit on how awesom
Mark Rendle's Stream of Consciousness
In this episode, I was joined by Mark Rendle to chat about his experiences live-coding/streaming on Twitch! Warning: We went on a lot of tangents during the conversation! It’s all good though - as they were all awesome tangents! We not only talked about streaming, but also Blazor, C#, Unity, the rate of tech advancement, teaching kids to code, and much more!For a full list of show links, see the w
Blazor with Chris Sainty
In this episode, I was thrilled to be joined by Chris Sainty to chat all about Blazor! Blazor is a new .NET technology allowing you to build SPA-like frontend web UIs in C#! Very focused on developer productivity and componentisation - Blazor is certainly going to become my go-to for frontends moving forward! And chatting with Chris in this episode, has shown me even more reasons why Blazor is bec
Mutation Testing in .NET with Stefan Pölz
In this episode, I was thrilled to be joined by Stefan Pölz to chat about Mutation Testing! I had seen a lightning talk by Stefan last year about this, and was fascinated by the concept. So it was great to have him on the show to chat about it!For a full list of show links, see the website here
TDD with Ian Cooper
In this episode, I was joined by Ian Cooper to chat about Test Driven Development (TDD)! We discussed pain points that a lot of people hit when attempting to do TDD, and how to avoid them.For a full list of show links, see the website here
Learning and Self Development with James World
In this episode, I was joined by James World to chat about learning! We covered an incredible amount in this episode - from certifications, to books and reading, interviews, what it means to be a senior developer, and much much more!For a full list of show links, see the website here
C#9 Source Generators with Jason Bock
In this episode, I was joined by Jason Bock to chat about the new C#9 source generators! Writing code that writes code! We covered a ton of content, covering Source Generators, the Compiler API, Syntax Trees, Semantic Models, Expression Trees, and much much more!For a full list of show links, see the website here
Spectre Console and Cake with Patrik Svensson
In this episode, I was joined by Patrik Svensson, creator of both the Cake Build System, and a .NET library called Spectre.Console. We mostly chatted about the Spectre Console library, which adds AMAZING functionality to .NET console apps (grid, charts, images, and much more!). We also touched on Cake and Cake Frosting.For a full list of show links, see the website here
DevOps with Dushyant
In this episode, I was joined by good friend and ex-colleague, Dushyant Priyadarshee to chat about devops! We covered a lot of ground, from what devops is, to infrastructure as code deployments, to exams and certifications! Dushyant is a Senior Platform Engineer at NewDay.For a full list of show links, see the website here
Kentico Kontent Headless CMS and JAMStack - with Matt Nield
In this episode, I was joined by good friend Matt Nield, who also co-runs the .NET Oxford user group with me. We chatted about the Kentico Kontent headless CMS, static websites and the JAMStack - plus much more!For a full list of show links, see the website here
LINQPad with Joseph Albahari
In this episode, I was joined by Joe Albahari, author of one of my favourite software development tools - LINQPad! This is a tool that I use on a daily basis, and it saves me so much time! So I especially enjoyed chatting with Joe about the many features of LINQPad, his experiences when developing it, and also future plans.For a full list of show links, see the website here
F# and Functional Programming
In this group episode I was joined by Scott Wlaschin, Isaac Abraham, and Ian Russell - to talk all about F#! This is .NET's functional programming language, and we discussed functional programming, and the benefits of using a functional programming language like F#, whilst also comparing it to other languages like C#.For a full list of show links, see the website here(there were too many link
Functional Programming in C# with Simon Painter
For this very first episode of 2021, I was joined by Simon Painter to talk all about Functional Programming in C#! We spoke about functional concepts, plus terms such as Options, Maybes, and even tried to explain what a Monad is! As usual, there were a few tangents, and we also touched on topics such as React, TDD, and much more!Links from the showSimon’s social links:TwitterWebsiteBook: Functiona
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