February | 2023 | Programming with Palermo

Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on February 27, 2023

Christian Clausen: When to Refactor - Episode 234

Christian Clausen works as a Technical Agile Coach teaching teams how to properly refactor their code. Previously he worked as a software engineer on the Coccinelle semantic patching project, an automated refactoring tool. He has an MSc in computer science and five years of experience teaching software quality at a university level. He is the author of the book Five Lines of Code published by Manning. He was one of the Top Three rated speakers at GOTO Aarhus 2022. People were standing in line to get a signed copy of his book Five Lines of Code.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:46] Christian talks about what got him into coding from a young age, and some of his favorite things about coding. He also discusses how the industry has changed since he first began his career.

[6:19] Christian shares the reason behind the premise that every method should get down to no more than five lines of code.

[9:07] What does "collaborate with the compiler" mean in Christian's book?

[13:38] The process behind changing code by addition, rather than modification.

[22:16] Christian talks about defending the data.

[26:49] Christian's mental model of spaceship architecture.

[30:04] What extra features does Christian's book come with?

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on February 20, 2023

Christian Wenz: ASP .NET Core Security - Episode 233

Christian Wenz works as a consultant, trainer, and author with a focus on web technologies and is the author or co-author of over 100 computer books. He regularly contributes to various IT magazines and speaks at conferences around the globe. Christian holds a "Diplom" (the German equivalent of a master's degree) in Computer Sciences, and one in Business Informatics. In his day job, he is one of the founders of the web agency Arrabiata Solutions (http://www.arrabiata.com/) with offices in Munich, Germany, and in London, UK. He also frequently works with development teams to make their applications better performing, more secure, and more reliable.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:51] Has Christian really written over 100 computer books? Christian talks about the books and the high points of technology that he has worked in.

[7:16] What is the OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Top 10 list?

[10:33] You always have to be aware that something may go wrong, and have a security mindset.

[12:05] Again and again, make sure that you understand the fundamentals of web app security, because eventually, you will make a mistake in your code.

[12:30] What is insecure design?

[13:43] Christian talks about the enumeration scheme CWE: common weakness enumeration, which basically assigns a number to each risk or attack.

[17:00] How should people be logging into their web sessions now with .NET7?

[18:31] The major mistake you can make these days is to write your own authentication mechanism.

[23:57] What is Christian's favorite mechanism today for securing HTTP web services?

[31:05] What are some of the tools Christian always reaches for, and how do we differentiate between static auditing and dynamically auditing an application?

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Jeffrey Palermo 2:00 am on February 13, 2023

Lars Klint: Microsoft Azure State of the Art - Episode 232

Lars is a Senior Developer Advocate with Pluralsight, author, trainer, Microsoft Azure MVP, community leader, aspiring YouTube host, and part-time classic car collector. He is heavily involved in the space of cloud computing services, especially Azure, and is a published author, solution architect, and writer for numerous publications. He has been a part of the software development community for the past 20 years and co-organizes the DDD Melbourne community conference, organizes developer events with Microsoft, and also runs a part-time car restoration business. He has spoken at numerous technical events around the world and is an expert in Australian Outback Internet.

Topics of Discussion:

[4:24] Lars talks about his early start in programming and the IT industry and his path to his present-day career.

[6:36] As a self-described "nerd that doesn't mind talking to people," Lars worked that characteristic into networking over his career.

[8:17] Why did Lars decide to write a book?

[9:40] Lars talks about his book, Microsoft Azure in Action.

[9:57] What part of Azure should developers be using more than less?

[13:00] What ideas have risen to the surface for general internal business application developers?

[16:36] What's the best way to store and manipulate data?

[21:58] What are some of Lars's favorite scenarios where you would reach for the queue?

[23:57] How would Lars decipher his architectural decisions on whether to use App Service?

[26:57] What is Lars's thought process when creating service workers to read from that queue versus creating a second app that is installed into the app service plan?

[30:34] Lars talks about the importance of Application Insights.

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Microsoft Azure in Action

Lars On YouTube

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on February 6, 2023

Colin Bowern: Deployments and Ops using Octopus Deploy - Episode 231

Colin is the SVP of Product at Octopus Deploy. As a technical product leader, his career has spanned music, health, financial, and technology industries with companies like Microsoft, Johnson Controls, Brink's, Orion Health, and officialCOMMUNITY. He is passionate about growing product people through his work with the Product Aotearoa community. You can learn more about him at ColinBowern.com.

Topics of Discussion:

[2:23] How Colin got involved in Octopus Deploy.

[5:43] What is the value proposition for Octopus Deploy?

[11:30] Who is Octopus Deploy built for?

[12:52] How do we categorize all the after-deploy activities?

[14:46] How do we get happy deployments?

[18:36] What are some of the themes or categories that have emerged in Runbooks that are universally applicable?

[21:51] What has happened in the DevOps space since 2010 when the term "DevOps Engineer" was first used?

[24:01] Colin talks about infrastructure as code in the cloud.

[30:01] Colin talks about his view on the future of Windows Server and Windows Server Operating System.

[36:28] What is the easiest way for someone to get started in Octopus?

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