Category Archives: AI DevOps Podcast

Sam Nasr is a Senior Software Engineer and Trainer at NIS Technologies in Cleveland, Ohio, specializing in the Microsoft AI stack, Azure, and .NET development. A software developer since 1995, Sam is an 8-time Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Trainer who leads the Cleveland C# User Group, the .NET Study Group, and the Azure Cleveland User Group. He shares his expertise as a contributing author for Visual Studio Magazine and through his LinkedIn Learning courses, and he blogs regularly at samnasr.blogspot.com, This will be his third appearance on the podcast, having previously joined me to discuss SQL Server for developers.

Sam's Blog - https://samnasr.blogspot.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samsnasr/
Github - https://github.com/samnasr
X Account - https://x.com/samnasr
Upcoming Event - https://www.meetup.com/caparea-net/events/316713608
Linktree - linktree.com/samnasr

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:
Episode 122 - https://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/sam-nasr-on-sql-server-for-developers-episode-122
Episode 185 - https://aidevopspodcast.clearmeasure.com/sam-nasr-on-azure-ai-ml-episode-185

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on September 28, 2026

Mark Michaelis: Mastering the Agentic Coding Workflow - Episode 421

Today I'm joined by Mark Michaelis, founder, CEO and Chief Technical Architect of IntelliTect in Spokane, Washington, and a Microsoft Regional Director and C# MVP for more than twenty-five years. Mark is the lead author of the Essential C# book series and the free companion site essentialcsharp.com, and he's continued that work as a member of Microsoft's design review teams for C#, Azure, and Azure DevOps, and as an adjunct professor at Eastern Washington University. He's been on the conference circuit recently with talks like "Mastering the Agentic Coding Workflow" and "AI Axioms: Principles for Thriving in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," bringing his deep C# background to bear on how developers work with AI day to day. You can find him on GitHub as markmichaelis and connect with him on LinkedIn. This is Mark's first time on the show, and I'm excited to get his perspective on where AI-assisted development is headed.

Intellitect Website - https://intellitect.com/team/mark-michaelis/
Essential CSharp - https://essentialcsharp.com/
Github - https://github.com/markmichaelis
EssentialCSharp Github - https://github.com/IntelliTect/EssentialCSharp
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmichaelis/
Email - mark@IntelliTect.com

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on September 21, 2026

Justin Martin: Commanding Fleets of AI Agents - Episode 420

Today I'm joined by Justin Martin, a product-focused engineering leader based in Austin, Texas, with more than twenty years of experience driving technical innovation at startups and high-growth tech companies, from Groupon-era Rails to fraud prevention for banks. He is now commanding fleets of AI agents from a single post. He is currently the Head of Engineering at 6Lock.

Github - https://github.com/LupusDei
X Account - https://twitter.com/LupusDei18
Website - https://justinmmartin.me/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mythinking/

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on September 14, 2026

Uncle Bob Martin: AI Driven Development - Episode 419

Today I'm joined by Robert C. Martin, known to most of the industry as Uncle Bob - a programmer since 1970, co-author of the Agile Manifesto, and the first chairman of the Agile Alliance. He's the founder of Uncle Bob Consulting LLC and has written many of the field's defining books, including Clean Code, Clean Architecture, Clean Agile, and his newest release, Functional Design.

Lately he's been deep into a project called swarm-forge, an open-source tool he built for coordinating teams of AI coding agents through disciplined, tmux-based workflows, and he's been documenting his experiments running it on real projects on X.

This is actually Robert's fourth time on the show - we've previously talked about Agile and Extreme Programming, about clean code, and about being a software leader - I'm looking forward to hearing how his thinking on AI and software programming has evolved.

Clean Coder Website - https://cleancoder.com
Uncle Bob Github - https://github.com/unclebob
Swarm Forge Github - https://github.com/unclebob/swarm-forge
X Account - https://x.com/unclebobmartin
Clean Coder LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleancoder

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:
Episode 105
Episode 283
Episode 357

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on September 7, 2026

Jeffrey Palermo: AI-Driven Software Projects - Episode 418

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on August 31, 2026

Joseph Guadagno: Architecture for AI Development - Episode 417

Joseph Guadagno is an experienced executive level software leader and architect over 30 years of software development experience and a Microsoft MVP since 2007, having also served as President of the .NET Foundation from 2023 to 2024. he blogs regularly about .NET, Azure, and AI-assisted development workflows. This will be Joseph's second appearance on the podcast - he previously joined me in 2021 to talk about the latest in Azure DevOps. You can find more about Joseph and his work at josephguadagno.net.

Website - https://www.josephguadagno.net/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephguadagno/
Github - https://github.com/jguadagno
X Link - https://x.com/jguadagno

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:
Episode 159 - https://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/joe-guadagno-on-the-latest-in-azure-devops-episode-159

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on August 24, 2026

Anna Hoffman: AI Database Development - Episode 416

Anna Hoffman is a Principal Group Product Manager for Azure Data on Microsoft's SQL Engineering team, where she works across SQL Server, Azure SQL, and SQL database in Fabric. She is also the host of Data Exposed, Microsoft's video series covering the data platform. Anna holds an engineering degree from Georgia Tech along with a master's degree in data science, and started her career as a data and applied scientist before moving into product management. She continues to blog regularly for the Azure SQL Devs' Corner. You can find her on GitHub and on X at @AnalyticAnna.

Anna's Devblogs - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/author/antho/
Anna's Github - https://github.com/amthomas46
X Account - https://x.com/analyticanna
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amthomas46/
What's New Across Microsoft
Microsoft SQL Server Blog Author Page
Azure SQL Devs' Corner Author Page
Data Exposed (YouTube playlist, 500 episodes)
Azure SQL YouTube channel
"The Era of the Agentic Database Developer" (Build 2026 recap)
"What's new across Microsoft SQL in 2026 so far" (mid-year recap)

MSSQL extension roadmap - https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-mssql/wiki/roadmap
GitHub Copilot Agent Mode in SSMS - https://learn.microsoft.com/ssms/github-copilot/agent-mode

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:
Episode 160 - https://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/azure-sql-database-with-anna-hoffman-episode-160

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on August 17, 2026

Mark Seemann: AI Code Quality - Episode 415

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Mark Seemann is a self-employed programmer and software architect based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the author of Code That Fits in Your Head and Dependency Injection Principles, Practices, and Patterns. He is widely known throughout the .NET community for his ploeh blog, which he has maintained for years, writing about software architecture, test-driven development, and functional programming. He shares his work and insights on GitHub and X as @ploeh, and can also be found on LinkedIn. Mark previously joined the show for Episode 189, "Code That Fits In Your Head."

Ploeh - https://blog.ploeh.dk/
Guthub Ploeh - https://github.com/ploeh
X Ploeh - https://x.com/ploeh
LinkedIn Ploeh - https://dk.linkedin.com/in/ploeh
The AI Code Quality Maintainability Gap - https://www.gitclear.com/the_ai_code_quality_maintainability_gap
Sam Harris Podcast - https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/487-is-ai-already-conscious

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:
Episode 189 - http://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/mark-seemann-code-that-fits-in-your-head-episode-189

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on August 10, 2026

Jimmy Bogard: AI-Driven Development - Episode 414

Today's guest is a true heavyweight in the .NET open-source world — someone whose work has quietly, but profoundly, shaped the way countless developers build software. Jimmy Bogard is the creator and maintainer of two very popular OSS libraries in the .NET ecosystem: AutoMapper and MediatR. If you've ever tried to simplify object mapping or decouple application logic, chances are you've used his tools. Based in Austin, Texas, Jimmy is an independent software consultant and a 15+ year recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award — every year since 2009.

AutoMapper alone has been around for 17 years and racked up hundreds of millions of downloads. It started as a personal tool to streamline development for client projects and grew into a global standard for object mapping.

Github eShop - https://github.com/jbogard/eShop
Jimmy's Github - https://github.com/jbogard
AutoMapper Github - https://github.com/AutoMapper/AutoMapper/releases
AutoMapper Nuget - https://www.nuget.org/packages/automapper/
MediatR Nuget - https://www.nuget.org/packages/MediatR
MediatR Github - https://github.com/jbogard/MediatR/releases
Jimmy's Website - https://www.jimmybogard.com/
Jimmy's Website / AutoMapper - https://www.jimmybogard.com/automapper-and-mediatr-licensing-update/

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:
Episode 356
Episode 264
Episode 98
Episode 11

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Jeffrey Palermo 3:00 am on August 3, 2026

John Bristowe: Octopus Catchup - Episode 413

John Bristowe brings over 20 years of experience in technology to his role as Developer Advocate at Octopus Deploy. His career includes time at Progress and Microsoft, where he developed his skills in management and technology. Known for a straightforward and engaging style, John often speaks at industry conferences, sharing practical tips and insights. John is a HashiCorp Ambassador and part of the Progress Champions program.

He enjoys creating content such as articles, webinars, and podcasts, aiming to help others in the tech community. In his free time, John likes to stay informed about the latest tech developments and shares his learning with an online audience. His approach is always about sharing knowledge and learning together.

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbristowe/
Sessionize Link - https://sessionize.com/john-bristowe/
Octopus Roadmap - roadmap.octopus.com
Octopus Blog - https://octopus.com/blog/code-review-is-theater-now
I Love Lucy Reference - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnHiAWlrYQc

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:
https://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/john-bristowe-the-latest-from-octopus-deploy-episode-368

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