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The Future We Were Promised Geek Out

Whatever happened to the future we were promised? Time for a Geek Out! To celebrate the end of the opening history bits, Richard pulls together all the most popular topic

Nov 5
1 h 13 min

Building System Tray Windows Apps with Joe Finney

It's Tray-Tober! Carl and Richard talk to Joe Finney about his latest project - building small, useful Windows apps that live in the system tray. Joe talks about his orig

Oct 29
57 min

XAML.io with Giovanni Albani

OpenSilver evolves! Carl and Richard talk to Giovanni Albani about how OpenSilver continues to help folks migrate Silverlight apps into a sustainable model not dependent

Oct 22
57 min

AI in Live Broadcast with Tim Huckaby

Can AI tech work in live television broadcasts? Carl and Richard talk to Tim Huckaby about his work building Duff Foreman, an AI-powered avatar for live golf programs. Ti

Oct 15
1 h 06 min

Critter Stack Update with Jeremy Miller

The Critter Stack is growing! Carl and Richard talk with Jeremy Miller about the latest Critter Stack updates, including Marten, Wolverine, and more! First up is the stac

Oct 7
54 min

Controlling your Digital Legacy with Mattias Karlsson

What happens to your digital assets after you pass away? Carl and Richard talk with Mattias Karlsson about his experience navigating the challenges of losing a friend and

Sep 30
53 min

RockBot with Rocky Lhotka

How about a cloud-native AI assistant? That's RockBot! Carl and Richard talk with Rocky Lhotka about RockBot, Rocky's own variant of the OpenClaw/Hermes type personal ass

Sep 23
1 h 08 min

Post-Quantum Crypto with Michael Howard

Whether quantum computers are around the corner or not, the message is clear: the time for post-quantum cryptography is coming fast. Carl and Richard talk to Michael Howa

Sep 16
1 h 05 min

Numerics.NET with Jeffrey Sax

So what can numerics do for you? Carl and Richard talk to Jeffrey Sax about his work building Numerics.NET, a collection of general-purpose mathematical and statistical c

Sep 9
1 h 05 min

Controlling your Digital Legacy with Mattias Karlsson

Ready for a rant? Carl and Richard talk to Billy Hollis about the impact of artificial intelligence on software development. The conversation starts with a listener comme

Sep 5
53 min

RockBot with Rocky Lhotka

How about a cloud-native AI assistant? That's RockBot! Carl and Richard talk with Rocky Lhotka about RockBot, Rocky's own variant of the OpenClaw/Hermes type personal ass

Sep 4
1 h 08 min

Post-Quantum Crypto with Michael Howard

Whether quantum computers are around the corner or not, the message is clear: the time for post-quantum cryptography is coming fast. Carl and Richard talk to Michael Howa

Sep 3
1 h 05 min

Numerics.NET with Jeffrey Sax

So what can numerics do for you? Carl and Richard talk to Jeffrey Sax about his work building Numerics.NET, a collection of general-purpose mathematical and statistical c

Sep 3
1 h 05 min

Constraining Agents for Software Development with Don Demcsak

How can constraints make software development assistants more efficient? Carl and Richard talk to Don Demcsak about his work on getting LLMs to build higher-quality softw

Sep 2
1 h 00 min

Arguing about AI with Billy Hollis

Ready for a rant? Carl and Richard talk to Billy Hollis about the impact of artificial intelligence on software development. The conversation starts with a listener comme

Aug 26
1 h 03 min

Beside, Inside, and Outside AI with Chad Michel

What's the best way to interact with an LLM in applications? Carl and Richard talk to Chad Michel about the evolving user interface to large language models. Chad recalls

Aug 20
56 min

OpenClaw with David Guttman

What can OpenClaw do for you? Carl and Richard talk to David Guttman about his work on OpenClaw, and helping others be successful with it.OpenClaw was one of the first pe

Aug 12
57 min

Catching Up with Shawn Wildermuth

What's Shawn been up to lately? Carl and Richard chat with Shawn Wildermuth about his work in the Netherlands. Shawn talks about his last show on being a senior developer

Aug 5
55 min

Identity is Hard with Michele Bustamante

Identity is hard, and getting harder! Carl and Richard talk to Michele Bustamante about the evolution of authentication and authorization in the current landscape. Michel

Jul 30
1 h 03 min

Commercial Open Source Update with Jimmy Bogard

Last year Jimmy Bogard released commercial licensed versions of AutoMapper and Mediatr - how's it going? Carl and Richard chat with Jimmy about the decision to go commerc

Jul 23
56 min

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The quality of the content, the eloquent teaching method, and the humility the hosts portray themselves with, in spite of the wealth of experience they actually have, are few of the great things which make this pod cast one of the best sources to stay up to day with advances in .Net and Azure technology… and much more.

Daviur · Jan 2022

My title says “one of the best” but I think it might just be “The best” .NET podcasts. I listen to you guys everyday on my way into work and on my way home. I feel like I’m always learning something new or interesting and the way in which you deliver the content isn’t mundane or tedious like you can sometimes see in other podcasts. Keep doing what you are doing! It Rocks!!

CaffinatedGamer · Mar 2020

I’ve been a .NET Rocks listener for 12+ years now. This show has been and continues to be one of the few podcasts that I choose to listen to during my commutes. I listen to practically every episode even if the main topic is not my forte. Hearing from knowledgeable guests about topics that I don’t encounter in my normal 9 to 5 broadens my perspective and gives me an appreciation for what others are doing. Oftentimes, I’m inspired by a comment read by Richard or a Better Know a Framework by Carl. Being able to review the show notes and pick up a book or course recommendation has proven to be invaluable on numerous occasions. Seriously, if you’re a .NET developer specifically, or just a software developer in general, you owe it to yourself to give this show a try.

Nevada Williford · Nov 2018

I have listened for 14 years. Other podcasts have passed away, but the original is still here. Great content. Great guests. Too much info to take in but there is a show for every topic.

Jeffrey Palermo · Apr 2017

I was very excited for a MS data/programming podcast but after listening to a few episodes I found it to be more banter than actual information sharing. Needs Better Structure/Agenda. It would be great if you set out a timeline. Ex. 5 minutes of your chit chat 5 minutes .Net/MS news updatea 15 minutes of the main content delivery 15 minutes for review and discussion/opinions 5 minute closing I’ve found that the show description barely aligns with the content. For example, the latest show description mentions the “life of a developer”. I was psyched to hear about others perspectives within the industry for compare and contrast. However, there was about 10-15 minutes of useless banter and back-n-forth. There was some mention of the BASH and how the non windows world is leaking into the windows developer life but that was all. Hoping you can use this as constructive feedback so you provide more industry value for all of us who are busy folks trying to be productive eliminating the noise. Thank you!

Jay 123457890 · Apr 2019

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