How can you be more productive with Visual Studio? Carl and Richard talk to Kendra Havens about all the built-in productivity gadgets in Studio - plus the ones you can build yourself! Kendra talks about ...

Senior PM and all-round identity guru Jef Kazimer talks about the various Identity solutions in Azure and gives us some great tips and tricks in utilizing Azure AD effectively to safeguard our Azure ...

We're taking a moment to express a bit of gratitude for our environment that gave us the opportunity to work in the development field.

The conflict you face on your team is likely due to competing priorities. Ultimately, it's on us to determine what our priorities are when pulled in different directions. In today's episode, we're ...

We start our deep dive into Joe's favorite new book, Designing Data-Intensive Applications as Joe can't be stopped while running downhill, Michael might have a new spin on #fartgate, and Allen doesn't ...

Take a minute to think about the amount of responsibilities you have.

We've all been there. You get placed onto a "new" project, only to find that it's actually really old code that nobody in the office knows anything about. A lot of developers have a really hard time ...

How do you configure your cloud? Carl and Richard talk to Joe Duffy about Pulumi, a tool that lets you use your favorite programming languages to provide Configuration-as-Code. Joe Duffy talks about ...

Everybody's words have influence on the people around them. In today's episode, we're going to talk about how our words can give us leverage as a professional and fellow team mate.

How can we avoid the false sense of positivity that can occur after meetings and how can we engage in the right kinds of meetings?

Today, we're talking about how your companies sub-cultural language and how that relates to clarity in knowledge transfer.

Senior PM Andrew Liu from the Azure Cosmos DB Team, is back on the show to share his passion for Cosmos DB and gives us all the service updates announced at Ignite 2019. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode305.mp3 Transcript: ...

While you may rely on documentation to help you most of the time with tech-related things, there are plenty of times you need to be able to rely on your own memory. Whether it's because you are doing ...

What's up with Entity Framework? Carl and Richard talk to Julie Lerman about the latest updates to Entity Framework, both EF 6 and Entity Framework Core 3.0. The discussion dives into this transitory ...

In the last episode, we talked about modifier functions. In today's episode, we're talking about modes and paradigms in the form of everyday goals and processes.

We discuss this year's shopping spree only to learn that Michael spent too much, Allen spent too much, and Joe spent too much.

Context is a big deal in the job of a developer. In today's episode, we're applying a zoomed out model of thinking to everyday behavior to make us better developers, co-workers and leaders.

Partner Development Manager Rob Davies gives us insights into how we should optimize Azure resources in our subscriptions. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode304.mp3 Transcript: Resources:Nerdio’s ...

In today's episode, we're talking about how we can practice values and stay focused without overanalyzing every detail.

It's happened to us all. We get excited about a great idea or project we're working on. Put in a lot of work and effort up front. Then things get difficult or we hit a slow down and have to force ourselves ...

What's happening with Windows client-side development? Carl and Richard talk to Ryan Demopoulous about WinUI 3.0, the next version of the WinUI stack, which represents a major shift in how Windows applications ...

What causes us to do the things we do? In today's episode, we're discussing the complexity of motivations and identifying the chains of motivations in our actions as developers.

A senior engineer will often answer every question starting with "It Depends..." In today's episode, we're talking about context and decision making beyond, "It Depends".

Vijay Sistla, a Principal PM in Azure Backup, gives us a sneak peak at some exciting announcements that will be announced at Ignite 2019 next week. Media file: https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode303.mp3 Transcript:   Other ...

What do your questions create? Every question we ask as a developer or manager has an impact on the person or people we are asking. In today's episode, we're talking about shifting question asking from ...