Azure & DevOps Podcast

https://clearmeasure.com/developers/forums/ Mads is a Principal Architect at Microsoft, where he has been for over 20 years. He's been the Lead Designer of the C# language for a long time. Prior to this, Mads was a professor and contributed to a language starting with J. He was previously on episode 325 of the podcast where he spoke about the latest on C# at the time. Mentioned in this Episode Github Link - C# Episode 325 Learn C# Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

https://clearmeasure.com/developers/forums/ James World is a technology leader with decades of hands‑on engineering experience, enabling enterprises to thrive through modern cloud and AI‑driven solutions. He has spent well over ten years architecting cloud‑native platforms on Microsoft Azure, guiding multiple development teams through complex digital transformations while remaining deeply involved in the code and critical technical decision‑making. His background spans financial services and other enterprise environments where reliability, performance, and scalability are non‑negotiable. He is a Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert and a polyglot developer, with extensive commercial experience primarily in .NET and C#, applied across distributed systems, event‑driven architectures, and modern AI integration patterns. He is currently focused on driving responsible and effective adoption of Generative AI within the enterprise—from engineering productivity and product enhancement to business‑assistive tooling. He has been involved with AI initiatives and won several AI hackathons, helping organizations move from experimentation to meaningful strategic value. He enjoys solving complex problems, mentoring engineers, and sharing practical insights on architecture, modern software development, and AI‑augmented delivery practices. He believes technologists never stop learning—and that commitment is what keeps the industry exciting. Mentioned in This Episode Context7 GitHub SpecKit OpenSpec Striker for mutation testing Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

https://clearmeasure.com/developers/forums/ Daniel Ward is a Microsoft .NET MVP and software consultant at Lean TECHniques in San Antonio, TX. He works with teams to deliver high‑quality software through modern engineering practices, including effective CI/CD, automated testing, AI adoption, and product management. His background spans multiple industries such as finance, retail, and agriculture, and he has served as a software developer, technical coach, agile coach, and tech lead. Daniel is also a conference speaker, a contributor to the .NET community, and the creator behind Dan In a Can, where he writes about .NET, testing, DevOps, and developer tooling. Outside of his professional work, he enjoys piano, guitar, swing dancing, and game development. Mentioned in This Episode Website LinkedIn X Account Github Lean Techniques "Kiro" AI Coding Tool Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

https://clearmeasure.com/developers/forums/ Richard Lander is a Principal Program Manager on the .NET team at Microsoft. He's been with Microsoft since 2000, and working on .NET since 2003! Currently, he's working on runtime features, docker container experience, blogging and customer engagement. He's also part of the design team that defines new .NET runtime capabilities and features. Mentioned in This Episode Episode 289 Episode 148 Episode 50 DotNet Skills Suzanne Cook's Assembler Blog SourceLink dnx dotnet-inspect Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

https://clearmeasure.com/developers/forums/ Savino Carlone, or Savi for short, is a 25‑year backend developer from Turin, Italy with experience across enterprise and high‑performance systems in sports broadcasting, banking, and ERP platforms. Savi has been nominated in the past to be on the board of directors for the .NET Foundation. He co‑leads the Torino .NET Users Group, which has over 1,200 members. He collaborates with Codemotion, and co‑hosts the Devs Book Club, in Italian. He currently leads development on the web‑based ERP system Fattutto in Northwest Italy. Mentioned in this Episode LinkedIn X Account Board Elections Page Book - Real-World Web Development with .NET 10 - Mark J. Price Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

https://clearmeasure.com/developers/forums/ Paul Duvall is an award‑winning author, longtime DevOps leader, and former AWS executive with more than two decades of experience in software engineering. He co‑founded Stelligent, establishing a business dedicated to enabling enterprise customers adopt DevOps and Security practices on AWS. He is the author of the book at defined CI for the world: Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk. The book received the 2008 Jolt Award and continues to be the official textbook for continuous integration. Today, he focuses on helping engineering teams adopt AI‑native and DevSecOps practices, drawing on multiple decades of delivering and managing software solutions. Mentioned in this Episode LinkedIn Website X Account Continuous Integration Github AI Development Patterns Redacted Adventures Making CI CD Invisible a Vision for Zero Touch Delivery - Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

https://clearmeasure.com/developers/forums/ Damian Brady is a Staff Developer Advocate at GitHub. He's a developer, speaker, and author specializing in AI, DevOps, MLOps, developer process, and software architecture. Formerly a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft for four years, and before that, a dev at Octopus Deploy and a Microsoft MVP, he has a 25-year background in software development and consulting in a broad range of industries. In Australia, he co-organized the Brisbane .Net User Group and launched the annual DDD Brisbane conference. Mentioned In This Episode Episode 306 Episode 258 Episode 206 Episode 008 Github CoPilot Workspace X Account Website Githubnext Copilot for Docs Copilot for Pull Requests CoPilot Voice "What is GitHub Models? Here's how to use AI models easily" "15 Minutes to Merge: The top feature announcements from GitHub Universe!" SpecKit Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

David Starr is the President and Founder of Cumulus26, which helps companies succeed in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace and other facets of Azure. He's had a multi-decade career at Microsoft, Godaddy and others in senior technical leadership roles. He's spoken at industry conferences and delivered technical training courses and many other things. Mentioned In This Episode Episode 311 Episode 149 LinkedIn Making HIPAA and HITRUST compliance easier Azure for Executives Elegant Code Elegant Coder X Account Plural Sight Plural Sight Course Mastering the Marketplace Episode 99 Cumulus26 AmpUp - for Microsoft Markeplace Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

With over 20 years of software development experience, Kevin Griffin is a passionate and versatile leader, trainer, and consultant in the .NET ecosystem. He has worked with various industries, from the United States Military to health care to ticket brokering, delivering high-quality solutions and empowering his clients and teams to succeed. In his day job, he is the CTO at Shows On Sale where he oversees the technical strategy and direction of the company. Kevin also has served as the President of the .NET Foundation for the last term. And Microsoft has conferred the Microsoft MVP to him at least 16 times. He speaks at tons of conferences and is a board member of the Stir Trek Conference series as well. Mentioned In This Episode LinkedIn DNF Summit 2025 Video Website Dev Fest - Hampton Roads, Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Virginia. Stir Trek May 1st. Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

https://clearmeasure.com/developers/forums/ Maddy Montaquila is a Senior Product Manager on the Aspire team and has previous been on the MAUI team and has been working with .NET mobile apps since 2018 working on Xamarin tooling. When she first joined Microsoft and worked with the Xamarin team as an intern, she realized the impact that she could have in creating amazing developer tools and frameworks, which inspired her to pursue a role as Program Manager. You can connect with her on Twitter and GitHub @maddymontaquila! Mentioned in this episode: Github - Maui Maddy's Linkedin .NET Maui Github Maui Samples Github - Development Guide Episode 244 Episode 120 Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Graham is the Chief Technical Officer at Redgate Software, where he leads the teams behind industry‑leading Database DevOps tools. Before Redgate, Graham's experiences includes multiple decades in complex projects and leadership oversight at many companies including Elsevier, IBM, Sun, BEA, and Oracle. He's also a two‑time round‑the‑world yachtsman, bringing hard‑earned leadership experience from some of the most demanding environments on earth. - Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Carola Lilienthal is an architect and coach at Workplace Solutions. She is the author of Sustainable Software Architecture and shares her knowledge at international conferences. Henning Schwentner is a software architect, coach, and consultant at WPS – Workplace Solutions where he helps teams modernize legacy systems. He is a thought leader in DDD and software architecture, and he has also authored Domain Storytelling. Carola's LinkedIn Henning's LinkedIn Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Today I'm going to reflect back on 2025, highlight some things and project forward into 2026. I think there are some very important developments and changes that we all shipping custom software need to be on top of. Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Scott Hanselman is a teacher at heart. He speaks all over to whoever will listen. He's have written code that you, dear listener, has used. Scott has been blogging, coding, and podcasting a LONG time. He codes, writes, speaks, empowers, promotes, braids, learns and listens - usually not in that order. And he's a Vice President at Microsoft in his day job focusing on Developer Community. You can find him on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Mastodon! His Hanselminutes podcast has surpassed 900 episodes, and his Azure Friday show, over 750 episodes. Connect with him at hanselman.com Mentioned in This Episode Episode 280 Scott Hanselman's TEDx Portland Talk Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Glenn is a Principal Product Manager for the App Platform team within the Developer Division at Microsoft, focusing on .NET. Before joining Microsoft Glenn was a developer in Australia where he worked on software for various government departments. Mentioned in this Episode X Account Episode 293 Episode 58 Github Microsoft Devblog Building Cloud Native apps with .NET 8 Simplifying Cloud-Native Development with .NET 8 Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Jared Parsons is a Developer Manager for the .NET Tools team at Microsoft. He's also done extensive work on the C# Compiler Team. Everybody tuning in probably uses his code on a day-to-day basis! Jared started out at Microsoft over 20 years ago as a Developer; moved on to become a Senior Developer; then Principal Developer on Midori OS; and most recently, the Principal Developer on C# Compiler Team, and now a Developer Manager. He's spoken at many conferences, like Microsoft Build and others. Mentioned in this Episode Episode 287 Episode 53 Github - Rosyln Github - Analyzers Github - Csharplang Jared's LinkedIn Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Chris has 25 years experience as a seasoned SaaS and AI product leader known for practical, people-first strategies to harness value from Generative AI for operational excellence. Chris developed the AI Vantage framework—a strategic approach that emphasizes process-driven transformation to unlock immediate and long-term value from GenAI technologies. He works for Viewport as the Head of Technology and is a respected voice in the AI and product management space, frequently sharing insights through training, blogs, and speaking engagements. Chris holds certifications in SAFe Product Ownership and Pragmatic Marketing, and is an alumnus of Texas A&M University. Mentioned in this Episode Chris' Website Chris' X Account Chris' LinkedIn Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.