Developer Weekly

In this final episode of Developer Weekly, the host announces the end of the podcast and shares his plans for the future. He will focus on Azure and technology consulting, as well as health and wellness. The episode also includes audio clips from his course on burnout, where he discusses improving sleep and nutrition. The host encourages listeners…

In deze aflevering praten we met Barry Luijbregts, een software engineer en cursusmaker, over zijn carrièrepad en ervaringen in software development en architectuur. Barry deelt inzichten over het maken van educatieve content en de uitdagingen die komen kijken bij online cursussen. Hij benadrukt het belang van praktijkervaring en de kwaliteit van…

In this episode, I talk with Julie Lerman about the Microsoft Entity Framework. We discus what it is and why you should use it. We talk about the Cosmos DB provider, EF Core and new features. 

This week, I talk with Tom Kerkhove about open source. We talk about setting priorities and managing time, sponsorship, company adoption and more.

In this episode, Jurgen Kevelaers talks about IoT and his experience as a Pluralsight author. He discusses the concept of IoT and how it involves collecting data from various devices and processing it in the cloud. Jurgen also highlights the importance of services like IoT Hub and IoT Central in managing and analyzing IoT data. He shares his…

In this episode, Alex Thiessen talks about monitoring, logging, and tracing .NET applications and Azure. He explains the concepts of monitoring, logging, and tracing, and how they help developers troubleshoot and identify issues in their applications. He also discusses the benefits of using tools like Application Insights in Azure for monitoring…

In this episode, the host discusses burnout and the importance of health and wellness. He provides tips on nutrition, sleep, exercise, and reducing environmental toxins. He also emphasizes the need to make big changes in life to prevent burnout from recurring.The host expresses their plans to expand the podcast into a blog, a podcast platform, and…

This week, I'm talking with Roland Guijt about career, entrepreneurship, being an introvert and how he got started as a computer shop owner. This was a very honest, open and inspiring conversation. 

This week, I talk with René Schulte about AR and VR. We talk about our hopes and dreams for these technologies and practical applications with Azure Mixed Reality services.

This week, I talk with Koen Mannaerts about software architecture with the IDesign method. We discuss how requirements gathering is part of the architects job and how architects shouldn't work on production code. 

This week, I talk with Richard Versluis about Quantum Computing. Richard creates Quantum Computers and explains how they work, what you can do with them, how you can program one, and when you'll have one in your home.

This week, I talk with Denise Jacobs about unleashing creativity by banishing your inner critic. We talk about self-doubt, creativity, mindfulness and much more. Listen in your favorite player or at https://developerweeklypodcast.com/

This week, I talk with Jason Alba about personal branding. We talk about multiple income streams, career, and tips on how create and grow your personal brand.

This week, I talk with Simon Allardice about teaching. Simon explains (anti) patterns for teachers and shares some incredible tips for creating incredible video content.

This week, I talk with Edwin van Wijk and Sander Molenkamp about Dapr, which stands for Distributed Application Runtime. They explain how you can use it to abstract APIs, like sending emails and secret management, so that you can focus on your own code and aren't dependent on a specific service or cloud vendor.

This week, I talk with Maurice de Beijer about React. We talk about React vs Angular vs Vue, the flux architecture, React Native, using react and more.

This week, I talk with Troy Hunt about security. We talk about blogging and becoming a security expert, what data breaches are and how they happen, what kind of attackers there are and why they attack, and more.

This week, I talk with Scott Duffy about teaching cloud computing, learning, Azure exams and certificates and more.

This week, I talk with Josh Duffney about career progression, learning, teaching, #burnout, writing, personal branding and more. Josh shares what worked and what didn't work for him in his career and personal life, which is very insightful.

This week on the #podcast, I talk with Mike Martin about what a #solution #architect does. We go into #software- and solution architecture, company politics, @Azure, #cloud-native design, #cost-driven architecture, moving to the #cloud and a lot more.

In this episode, I talk with Alex Mang about Azure and more. We talk about the Microsoft RD and MVP program, entrepreneurship, Azure IoT, Azure Communication Services and what he experienced (good and bad) using Azure for years.

This week, I talk with Dale Meredith about Ethical Hacking. We talk about what ethical hacking is, white, black and grey hats, hacking tools and techniques and how to protect yourself from being hacked.

In this episode, I talk with Mads Torgersen about C#. We talk about what's new in C# 9, how the design process works and what C# might look like in the future.

This week, I talk with Abel Wang about DevOps. We talk about what DevOps really is and why it matters. We also talk about tools, like Azure DevOps, VS App Center and GitHub Actions. Abel explains which one of these services is considered the premium Microsoft service and talks a little bit about the possible roadmap for these tools. 

This week, I talk with Scott Hanselman about teaching, presenting, how to teach at scale and make an impact. Scott dropped a lot of wisdom in this episode, so make sure you don't miss it.

In this episode, I talk with Steven van Belleghem about the future of AI, payments, VR, AR, privacy, the global (tech) economy, physical stores and how companies should focus on long-term relationships with customers. This episode is a gem, so don't miss it!

This week, I talk with Michael Crump about Microsoft Learn, Learn TV, and how he fosters a #community of #learners by #live #coding on #Twitch.

This week, I talk with Shawn Wildermuth about his film: Hello World. Amongst other things, we talk about the .NET foundation, the software industry, diversity and inclusivity, the process of creating a feature-length film and more.

This week, I talk with Marilag Dimatulac about running a software organization. We talk about remote work, sales, empathy, motivation, entrepreneurship and much more.

This week, I talk with Roland Guijt about Microservices. Amongst other things, we discuss when to use them and when not to, what they are, how to design for them and how to run, monitor and secure them in Azure and Kubernetes.

This week, I talk with Cesario Ramos about scaling agile. We talk about what agile development is and how to scale it in organizations with tools and practices, including with LeSS and CI.

This week, I talk with Richard Campbell about the next decade of software development. Richard has great insights about the next wave of hardware devices and form factors, what will happen to the software industry in the future and how the technology landscape will change. The discussion gave me a lot of perspective about the future. You don't want…

This week, I talk with Elton Stoneman about containers. We talk about what containers are, how you can run Linux and Windows containers, what orchestrators like Kubernetes are, where you can run containers (including in Azure) and more.

In this episode, I talk with Maarten Louage about GraphQL. I find out what GraphQL actually is, what it can do and why I should use it. I went blank into this conversation, with little knowledge about GraphQL, and I am delighted about it and will certainly try out an implementation of it (as GraphQL is not a technology, but a specification). So if…

In this episode, I talk with Steve Gordon about ASP.NET. We cover lots of important ASP.NET topics, like dependency injection, the configuration system, how to run background processes in ASP.NET and how to test ASP.NET applications with integration- unit- and UI tests.

In this episode, I talk with Elizabeth Schneider about Neurodiversity in tech. We talk about what neurodiversity is (for instance people on the spectrum of autism, or Asperger's) and how that can affect the workplace. We touch on how people interact, what kind of stereotypes there are about neurodiversity, how teams and companies can help…

In this special episode, I answer questions that I received from a very thoughtful listener. I talk about learning, teaching, focus, how I started in tech and about a lot more things. I hope you find this valuable. If you like this and would like more episodes like this, please send me questions at barry@developerweeklypodcast.com.

This week, I talk with Gerald Versluis about Xamarin. We talk about what Xamarin is and what you can do with it and how you can use it to build apps for lots of platforms like iOS and Android. We also touch on the future of Xamarin, which is .NET MAUI that will be released in the .NET 6 timeframe.

This week, I talk with Emily Luijbregts about project management. We talk about what project management is and what a project manager does all day and how that relates to software development. We recorded it on-site in my office (Emily is my wife), so the sound quality is not what you are used too, but still good.

This week, I talk with Oren Eini about RavenDB, which is a NoSQL Distributed database that is lightweight (it can run on a Raspberry Pi), is very fast and has lots of cool features. We talk about how Oren got started in software development and why he started building RavenDB. And we get into all the things that RavenDB can do.

This week, I talk with Megan Bloemsma about data science. We get into what data science is, what a data scientist does all day, what tools they use and also touch on services in Azure that you can use for data science.

This week, I talk with Scott Hunter about .NET 5. We talk about the .NET Ecosystem and what the next version, .NET 5, is going to bring and how it fits into the bigger picture. We also touch on .NET 6, which will make the ecosystem even more simple by absorbing the Xamarin runtimes. During our conversation, Scott talks about cool new features that…

This week, I talk with Pinal Dave about SQL and a lot more. We talk about blogging every day for 13 years and creating a personal brand and consultancy and pricing your work. In the second half of the episode, we talk about SQL. We touch on tools to use when working with SQL, SQL best practices and which SQL Server feature people should really…

Welcome to another episode of Developer Weekly. This week, I'm talking with Gill Cleeren about creating community meetups and an incredible tech conference. Gill is a Microsoft Regional Director, MVP and Pluralsight author. He also founded Techorama, the biggest IT conference in Belgium and the Netherlands.

This week, I talk with Steve Smith about SOLID principles. We talk about the importance of design patterns and we go through the SOLID principles in detail.

This week, I talk with David Tucker about getting started with Amazon Web Services, or AWS. We discuss the various options in AWS for running applications, storing data, AI, analytics and more. And we also talk about resources to get started with AWS.

This week, I'm talking with Christos Matskas about Identity in Azure. We spoke about Azure Active Directory, (AAD), AAD B2C, Azure Key Vault, ASP.NET Identity Provider, Azure Managed Service Identities and the new Microsoft.Identity.Web that you can use to secure your applications.

This week, I talk with Dan Appleman about taking charge of your career. Among other things, we touch on getting started in technology, what to focus on when learning, defining success, being a generalist or a specialist, entrepreneurship and retirement. The show goes a bit all over the place, but contains lots of little knowledge gems.

This week, I'm talking with Caleb Ndaka, about his Kids Comp Project that he uses to teach kids how to code.

Barry talks with Microsoft MVP and Pluralsight author Tim Warner about keeping up with the fast pace of change in Microsoft Azure and technology in general. They discuss tools and resources for keeping up, learning and Azure certifications.

This week, I'm talking with Dennis Doomen, about how he created and runs a successful open source project that has been downloaded 50 million times!

Welcome to Developer Weekly! In this first, short episode, Barry Luijbregts tells you what the podcast is about and what you can expect from it.

This week, I'm talking with Don Jones about troubleshooting. Troubleshooting is a complex topic and Don wrote a book about it: How to Find a Wolf in Siberia.