Evan and the team discuss a real-world situation with a customer using Availability Sets and limitations of such deployments in Azure.   Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode330.mp3 Transcript: ...

How does our brain perceive code in our environment and how does our mind make meaning out of our code?

From cowboy coders to ninjas and everything in between, the development community have many archetypes associated with it. These different personalities and personality types can work together or cause ...

Time for some chocolatey goodness! After seven years, Rob Reynolds is back chatting with Carl and Richard about the Windows application package manager that you want to use! Since the last show in 2013, ...

Correlation is not causation. In today's episode, we're talking about how we get twisted around, thinking data correlation equals causation.

Which language should you learn? Which book should you read next? In today's episode we're talking about intentional decisions we make and how those decisions can shape our immediate and long-term reality. ...

We dig into Google's engineering practices documentation as we learn how to code review while Michael, er, Fives is done with proper nouns, Allen can't get his pull request approved, and Joe prefers ...

Nills Franssens, a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect, prolific blogger and author, is back on the show to talk to us about his fascination with Azure Kubernetes Service, which led him to co-author a book ...

What causes us to fail? In today's episode we're talking about some of the answers to why we fail.

Relational databases continue to be a huge part of modern systems design and the rules of relational databases should generally be followed. However, there are times that you need to break (or bend) ...

Ready for a challenge? Carl and Richard talk to Heather Wilde about her work with the Air Force on innovation projects called AFWerx. Heather talks about the different kinds of projects that the Air ...

Today's episode is a visualization exercise. Think about the 10-20 minute tasks that will eventually make up your day.

Shane Curtis, an Endpoint Consultant with Planet Technologies, share his deep insights into the Windows Virtual Desktop service which has grown in popularity due to the demand for work-from-home ...

In today's episode we're talking about the shape of our restrictions and what we take for granted in our current situations.

In today's episode, we're answering a reviewer question; "When do you walk away from a problem to find the solution?"

Principal Group PM of the Azure Confidential Computing team, Vikas Bhatia, share his passion about this innovative service in Azure. He lays out the reasons for this initiative, gives us the details ...

Promotions can be exciting. You've worked hard and are now moving up. However, they can also lead to impostor syndrome the closer you get to management. Read more › The post Impostor Syndrome ...

Are there Silver Bullets in Development? Carl and Richard chat with Mark Seemann about the 1986 Fred Brooks essay No Silver Bullet. Mark argues that there are silver bullets - but do we notice them? ...

What is your problem solving strategy in the face of uncertainty?

Jared Parsons – lead of the C# Compiler Team at Microsoft C# 9 Roadmap Jared – LinkedIn

Azure Program Manager Deborah Chen talks to the team about the new Free Tier that is available for the ever-popular Cosmos DB service which makes it easier for developers to use the service. Media ...

There is some level of order that we all inherit. In today, we're talking about the pre-determined systems and facts that we grow up to rely on and guide our decisions.

We gather around the water cooler at 6 foot distances as Michael and Joe aren't sure what they streamed, we finally learn who has the best fries, at least in the US, and Allen doesn't understand evenly ...

Evan Burness, a Principal Program Manager in the HPC team, gives us the inside scoop on various offerings in Azure for HPC workloads, details the various use-cases and provides valuable tips and tricks ...

Today, we conclude the interview with Dan Heath. In this part 2 of our conversation, we dive into respect and heroics for efforts of individuals who have prevented a team member from having to save the ...