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.NET Rocks!

Carl Franklin
Azure
Software Development
Github
Metalama
Github Copilot
Cloud Computing
Aspect-Oriented Programming
Roslyn
Microsoft
Copilot
Postsharp
AI In Software Development
Visual Studio
Entity Framework
Generative AI
AI In Programming
Azure Cosmos DB
Code Generation
Automation
Software Development Practices

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

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Latest Episodes

ASP.NET Core continues to evolve in 2026! Carl and Richard talk to Daniel Roth about all the goodness in the ASP.NET Core space, including MVC, Razor, and Blazor! Daniel talks about the publicly visible ASP.NET Core Roadmap on GitHub - where you can ... more

What does secure coding look like today? Carl and Richard talk to Chris Ayers about the MITRE ATT&CK matrix, a comprehensive breakdown of the tactics, techniques, and procedures black hats use to exploit your systems. Chris talks about the role of de... more

Let the squad help you build your application! Carl and Richard talk to Brady Gaster about Squad, a tool for creating an AI development team using GitHub Copilot. Brady discusses creating specialist agents across various aspects of building an applic... more

Avalonia continues to evolve! Carl and Richard talk to Avalonia CEO Mike James & Matt Lacey about the latest version of Avalonia, the open source UI framework for building cross-platform applications with .NET. Mike's conversation with the Google Flu... more

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Recent Guests

Daniel Roth
Principal product manager on the ASPNET team at Microsoft, focused on dotnet web development with Blazor
Microsoft
Episode: ASP.NET Core in 2026 with Daniel Roth
Chris Ayers
Azure-focused reliability engineer and security specialist, Microsoft
Microsoft (Azure reliability team)
Episode: Coding for Security with Chris Ayers
Brady Gaster
Product manager behind Visual Studio Azure, and lead on Squad-related tooling
Microsoft (Azure tooling); Visual Studio
Episode: Building Software using Squad with Brady Gaster
Matt Lacey
Software developer at Avalonia
Avalonia UI
Episode: Avalonia 12 with Mike James & Matt Lacey
Mike James
CEO of Avalonia UI
Avalonia UI
Episode: Avalonia 12 with Mike James & Matt Lacey
Kathleen Dollard
A.NET connoisseur, long-time teacher and consultant, former Microsoft leader
Microsoft (former); .NET consultant
Episode: CLI First with Kathleen Dollard
Andrew Murphy
Leader and educator focusing on teaching leadership skills in tech
Former technology leader now teaching
Episode: Leading Teams in the Time of AI with Andrew Murphy
Damien Brady
Developer, speaker, and author specializing in DevOps, ML Ops, developer process, and software architecture.
Developer Advocacy Team at GitHub
Episode: Making Reliable Software in 2026 with Damien Brady
Ben Dechrai
Software engineer and co-founder of Ven Labs
Ven Labs
Episode: The Role of AI in Secure Software with Ben Dechrai

Hosts

Carl Franklin
Host of .NET Rocks!
Richard Campbell
Co-host of .NET Rocks!

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Building Software using Squad with Brady Gaster
Q: What is Squad and what problem does it solve?
Squad is a multi-agent framework that coordinates specialized AI agents to work on software tasks within a project by decomposing work, maintaining memory, and communicating through a coordinator to produce structured outcomes like docs, specs, and code.
Coding for Security with Chris Ayers
Q: How should teams approach security in the DevOps pipeline?
Teams should embed multi-layered defenses, maintain SBOMs for visibility, validate dependencies, implement logging and anomaly detection, and ensure governance over what gets deployed, so security rises with development rather than being an afterthought.
Coding for Security with Chris Ayers
Q: What are MITRE ATT&CKs and why do they matter to developers?
ATT&CK is a catalog of attacker tactics and techniques that helps security teams anticipate and defend against real-world attack patterns, guiding developers to think about how their software could be exploited and what monitoring and controls should be in place.
Leading Teams in the Time of AI with Andrew Murphy
Q: How should junior developers fit into this AI-driven future?
Juicers should embrace AI tools to accelerate learning, while seniors mentor and shape how these tools are used ethically, ensuring the craft of software remains about solving real problems for users.
Leading Teams in the Time of AI with Andrew Murphy
Q: What's one practical step a CTO can take today to prepare their team for AI-enabled engineering?
Start with a clear AI policy, focus on upskilling, and implement tangible guardrails around code generation, testing, and deployment to keep accountability and quality front and center.

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

The select episodes center on practical software development topics within the .NET ecosystem, with a strong emphasis on developer tooling, AI-assisted workflows, deployment and distribution, cross-platform development, and cloud-native practices. Guests tend to be senior engineers, architects, product leaders, and industry veterans who bring deep technical knowledge, hands-on experience with tooling, and perspectives on the future of development practices. Notable throughlines include the impact of AI on coding and testing, advancements in compilers and source generation, and ecosystem shifts in packaging, distribution, and cross-platform frameworks. The show often blends historical context with forward-looking insights, delivering actiona... more

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