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.NET Rocks!

Carl Franklin
Artificial Intelligence
Software Development
Microsoft
Azure
Blazor
Github
Devops
Cloud Computing
Github Copilot
Generative AI
Visual Studio
.NET
Machine Learning
Open Source
Event Sourcing
Cybersecurity Intersection
.NET Aspire
ASP.NET Core
Openai
AI Integration

.NET Rocks! is an Internet Audio Talk Show for Microsoft .NET Developers.

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Latest Episodes

Is it time to build your own agent harness? Carl and Richard talk to Emmz Rendle about her work on Daemonic AI, which gives you more control over which models and tooling you use to build software with agents. Emmz talks about the upcoming rug pull i... more

What settings, configurations, and workflows do you use for every .NET app? Carl and Richard talk to Scott Sauber about his list - from organizing folders by feature, to logging, security, and testing. Scott talks about enforcing rules like treating ... more

Large Language Models can generate a lot of text - but is it any good? Carl and Richard talk to Vishwas Lele about his ongoing efforts at pWin.ai to build tools for responding to government RFPs. Vishwas focuses on the quality problem - both the qual... more

Use What Works! Carl and Richard talk to Dylan Beattie about the Use What Works movement, encouraging developers to use well-maintained open-source projects available today rather than rolling their own. Dylan explains how folks go down a path of bel... more

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Recent Guests

Emmz Rendle
Former CTO at DeepRoutes and .NET professional writing code since childhood, focusing on AR/AI and human connection
Independent/Tech professional
Episode: Daemonic AI with Emmz Rendle
Scott Sauber
Director of Engineering at Lean Techniques
Lean Techniques
Episode: Ten Things Scott Sauber Does On Every .NET App
José Simões
CEO of Eklos Solutions and founder/core team lead of .NET Nano Framework
Eklos Solutions; .NET Nano Framework
Episode: .NET Nanoframework with José Simões
Jeff Palermo
Organizer of the Party with Palermo and sponsor liaison
MVP/Party organizer
Episode: Episode 2000!
Sean Wildermuth
Y2K practitioner and podcast guest who discussed SNMP audits and career impact
Independent / Y2K consultant
Episode: How We Beat the Y2K Bug
Guy Royce
Guest recounting his experiences with Y2K in a consultancy
Independent / IT Consulting
Episode: How We Beat the Y2K Bug
Rick Hepworth
Guest discussing university IT and Y2K preparedness
University IT Department (UK)
Episode: How We Beat the Y2K Bug
Rob Conery
Software developer author and AI tooling expert
Microsoft (VS Code team) / Subtext
Episode: How AI Changes Development with Rob Conery
Ed Charbeneau
Principal Developer Advocate for Progress Software; 10-time Microsoft MVP
Progress Software
Episode: Agentic RAG with Ed Charbeneau

Hosts

Carl Franklin
Host of the show; long-time .NET developer and community facilitator.
Richard Campbell
Co-host; prolific speaker and software engineer with deep .NET ecosystem experience.

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 230 ratings
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#132
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#201
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Talking Points

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Ten Things Scott Sauber Does On Every .NET App
Q: So who's talking to us today, Richard?
Scott Sauber is introduced as the guest, described as Director of Engineering at Lean Techniques and a well-known community and open-source contributor.
Use What Works with Dylan Beattie
Q: What is the suggested path for teams considering open-source software?
Evaluate existing, maintained solutions first, consider sponsorship or support agreements for long-term sustainability, and avoid propping up fragile, unmaintained forks.
Use What Works with Dylan Beattie
Q: Why do the guests discuss Redis and licensing changes?
As a case study demonstrating how free software can evolve into a sustainable model under license changes, showing both risks and opportunities for large users and cloud providers.
Use What Works with Dylan Beattie
Q: What is the main goal of the Use What Works initiative?
To create a structured, community-driven approach with case studies and a manifesto that helps teams justify investing in open source and sustainable, off-the-shelf software rather than building everything from scratch.
Agentic RAG with Ed Charbeneau
Q: Awesome. All right, man. What do you got?
Ed explains the core concepts of agentic RAG, detailing how the system uses a vector database (NucliaDB) to store and vectorize documents, how embeddings and cosine similarity enable semantic search, and how results are augmented and fed back into the large language model to generate grounded, traceable answers with citations.

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What is .NET Rocks! about and what kind of topics does it cover?

This technology-focused show centers on Microsoft .NET development, tooling, and the broader software engineering ecosystem. Recent episodes prioritize practical programming topics, .NET runtimes and frameworks (includingBlazor, ASP.NET Core, and tooling), AI-assisted development, security practices, and open-source dynamics. Guests range from platform insiders at Microsoft to independent developers and open-source maintainers, offering hands-on perspectives, roadmap insights, and real-world patterns for building reliable software. The conversations often blend historical context with forward-looking guidance, making it helpful for developers, engineering managers, and technical sponsors evaluating how to leverage .NET, AI tooling, and mode... more

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