Monthly Archives: January 2022

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on January 24, 2022

Bryan Costanich on .NET 6 IoT - Episode 177

This week, Jeffrey welcomes Bryan Costanich, Founder of Wilderness Labs and former VP of Xamarin. Bryan talks with us about the state of .NET, the advantages and disadvantages of moving into the embedded space, and how embedded computing is the new revolution. Bryan is also on a mission to leave the world a little better than he found it.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:04] Bryan talks about his background and time at Xamarin, Microsoft, and the origins of Wilderness Labs.

[4:16] What is the state of .NET? In the embedded system world, what are the realistic options and future in 2022 and beyond?

[8:04] What are both the advantages and disadvantages of moving into the embedded space?

[11:04] Bryan discusses how a lot of the advantages of microcontrollers moving to embedded are historical in the sense that you are developing for embedded devices that haven't changed a lot since the '70s and '80s.

[12:30] Seventy percent of all security bugs aren't even an issue in .NET.

[15:05] Bryan talks about his intent to make it easier for people to use and to create the ideal experience through Xamarin.

[15:41] The next phase of humankind's technological computing journey is embedded computing. This is the new revolution.

[16:45] There are three parts of the IoT market: consumer, commercial, and industrial.

[20:23] Bryan talks about how Xamarin's main products are compromised and where they land on the spectrum. He discusses Azure Sphere and Raspberry Pi.

[26:29] What exactly does Bryan develop with? He describes his setup.

[31:09] Some fun smart chicken coop talk!

[34:42] How does crash reporting work in Xamarin?

[36:55] In the core compute module, how does one build the enclosure that it snaps into?

[39:11] What is the most common product mix?

[39:30] When will Xamarin's products be released?

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on January 17, 2022

Jeff Fritz on The state of .NET - Episode 176

This week, Jeffrey welcomes Jeff Fritz to the show. As an experienced developer, technical educator, and PM on the .NET team at Microsoft, Jeff also founded the Live Coders team on Twitch where he regularly livestreams builds of websites and fun applications. The two Jeffs talk about .NET 6, the .NET Conf, Jeff's passion for getting .NET in education and what that takes, and why C# needs to also be in more standard settings. They also talk about starting simple and building to the complex in education, .NET notebooks, and resources for people to learn, just for the sake of learning.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:29] Where should one start with the .Net Conf? What were some of Jeff's biggest moments from the conference?

[4:29] Jeff talks about what he likes about the .NET Maui application.

[9:29] Why isn't C# being taught more widely in schools? Jeff says that we need to get C# into colleges and high schools, and make more educational material available for the kids, now that .NET is open source.

[11:19] Is .NET ready for education? What are we missing?

[13:52] Jeff talks about his class every Monday, C# with CSharpFritz.

[20:08] Why does Jeff recommend that programmers learn to learn?

[22:28] What is the benefit of being specialized in one area, and what makes up the divide? Is it the applications that people work in? The tools they use?

[26:56] Why should we collaborate?

[30:53] When we educate people, we should give them the basic feature first, then start making it more complex.

[35:11] Does Jeff think that .NET 6.0 is the catalyst that's needed to get C# into places like code.org?

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Architect Tips — New video podcast!

Clear Measure (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook!

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Jeff Fritz: Website | C# with CSharpFritz | Twitter | Twitch

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on January 10, 2022

Buck Woody on Data Science - Episode 175

This week, Jeffrey is joined by Buck Woody, Applied Data Scientist working on the Azure Data Services team at Microsoft. Buck has over 39 years of professional and practical experience in computer technology and is also a globally sought-after speaker and author.

In this jam-packed episode, Buck talks about his passion for data and why it's important to recognize that data is the central part of anything, which means keeping people employed. He talks about his role in machine learning and AI in Microsoft, and why we have to be extra careful when letting machines make the final call, why data science is useful, and the difference between business intelligence and data science. Buck shares the number one thing he feels developers need to know, and a few free resources that you can use to expand your knowledge and skills.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:00] Jeffrey welcomes Buck and gives a quick overview of his background and how he got into data and security. Buck has worked with many top companies including IBM, NASA, and started at Microsoft about 16 years ago.

[5:00] Jeffrey joined the Red Dog team, which was the early part of Azure.

[6:12] What was working in tech and AI back in the 1970s, compared to today?

[9:48] How do we take some of the AI technology for granted?

[10:04] What is data mining?

[15:00] What does Buck feel is the number one thing a developer needs to understand about data and effective queries?

[20:44] What is Buck's definition of Big Data?

[22:46] What is the difference between business intelligence and the idea around data science?

[24:25] What is the number one question Buck asks when someone tells him they want artificial intelligence?

[25:47] Why don't you need business intelligence to do data science?

[26:03] What is the age-old practice of ETL?

[27:12] What is source data poisoning, and how does it affect our algorithms?

[30:31] It is important for AI to augment human reasoning. Buck and Jeffrey talk about the example of recognizing red vs. green lights.

[34:20] Jeffrey and Buck explore the construct of Excel Flash Fill.

[37:02] What are the go-to tools that developers should be installing? What are some free Microsoft resources, and what are Cognitive Services?

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Architect Tips — New video podcast!

Clear Measure (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer's Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook — Click here to download the .NET DevOps for Azure ebook!

Jeffrey Palermo's Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

Buck Woody: Twitter | LinkedIn

Using Excel Flash Fill

Microsoft AI School

Azure Cognitive Services

Microsoft Tech Community

Data Architecture

Star Trek

Anna Hoffman

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