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In this episode, we have a Christmas special. We talk with two very special guests, the hosts themselves. They look back at some of their favorite episodes from the past year, such as interviews with Jimmy Bogart about open source, Sarah Young about security, and Edward Keilholz about Azure Container Apps. They discuss how they enjoyed learning about topics outside their daily work and getting to know the people behind the technologies. 

We want to thank all our guests for an amazing year, and we hope to see you in 2024.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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In this episode, we talk with two very special guests, Rick & Oscar themselves. We look back on a very exciting podcast year for us. And we dive into our favorite podcast moments. Rick & Oscar also share what they think were the most memorable tech developments this year. Furthermore, Rick makes a new year announcement you would not want to miss, they take a look into the future and discuss what they think is coming next year in tech. In short, this is an episode you do not want to miss!

We want to thank all our guests for an amazing year, and we hope to see you in 2023.

We wish you a happy new year!

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We primarily know Tom, a former Microsoft MVP and GitHub star, for his open source work maintaining KEDA, Promitor, Kubernetes Event Grid Bridge and Azure Deprecation. In this episode, we talk about his current job at Microsoft, where he works on Azure Api Management. Next to that, we discuss all his other activities, most of which have to do with scaling applications. We also discuss how a successful 'spare time' project of one person can become a critical dependency for an entire business.

About this episode, and Tom in particular: you can find @TomKerkhove on Twitter or check out what he's working on: 

• Azure deprecation
• GitHub
• Api management
• KEDA

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As a member of the .NET Core CLI and Languages team at Microsoft, we interview her about everything that has to do with Managed Languages. What are the roots and strengths of Visual Basic, C#, and F#? And what do they keep in mind when making adjustments within these languages?  We talk about what’s coming in C# 11 and the thorough planning processes before implementing new features.  Zooming in on the discussion surrounding the double exclamation mark,  also known as 'the bang bang operator’. Furthermore, we dive into System.CommandLine and CLI's; what's coming, happening and discussed? And if she could learn one skill instantly, what would it be? 

About this episode, and Kathleen in particular: you can find @KathleenDollard on Twitter and you can find the C# feature status page here. 

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In this episode, we chat with John Lunn. We talk about his passion for his work and how he's able to be so actively involved and do so much for this community.  But which service would he like to spend more time on? We zoom in on the ever-expanding set of Azure services and the extent to which you need to thoroughly understand most of them. There's always a 'next big thing'.  We talk about what this means for innovative businesses. And how John tries to help these companies by leveraging the right new features and components of the cloud. Furthermore, we touch upon his insane working-from-home setup and his wishlist full of gadgets.  And what is an unpopular opinion he holds? 

About this episode, and John in particular: you can find @jonnychipz on Twitter or read his blog.

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In this episode, we go into an in-depth exploration of .NET MAUI with none other than Maddy Montaquila. As the release is getting closer, she shares more about .NET MAUI and how the evolution from Xamarin Forms has been. She ignites us with excitement about all the new features her team has been working on and shares how the whole process has been so far. How was it to disconnect from the release cycle at some point? And how did the Live Preview feature come about? We touch upon Blazor Hybrid and how it's like working with the Blazor team. Is there a general idea for the future that everything is targeted towards running on .NET MAUI? Furthermore, she shares with us what the migration towards using .NET MAUI will look like.

About this episode, and Maddy in particular: you can find @maddymontaquila on Twitter, @maddymontaquila on GitHub, or take a look at the .NET Community Standup. 

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In this episode, we talk with Thomas Maurer about what keeps him busy on a day-to-day basis. He tells us the two most important aspects of his job as a Senior Cloud Advocate: creating & delivering content and bringing back feedback into the engineering world. He shares with us the way they gather feedback from customers and how they hunt for those gaps. Furthermore, we discuss the importance of staying on top of new things and why you should keep learning. Should there be an ‘Advocate of all new things’? We talk about Azure certifications, how he helps other people get certified, and the enrichment it gives when owning certain Azure certificates. And if he had the possibility, what would he disinvent?

About this episode, and Thomas in particular: you can find @ThomasMaurer on Twitter or read his blog.

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In this episode, we talk with Brady Gaster. He tells us more about his role at Microsoft as a Principal Program Manager, what does it entail? On what does he and his team spend their time? How are the PM roles divided? And how do they  facilitate the interaction with users or clients? We hear more about what it takes to implement something new and its timelines. He shares with us where "the biggest party in the cloud" is being held,  his favorite services and his favorite discovery over the last months. We touch upon Azure App Service, Azure Container Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Bicep and Static Web Apps, among others. 

About this episode, and Brady in particular: you can find @bradygaster on Twitter or read his blog.

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In this episode, we talk with Suzanne Daniels about Backstage, an open-source platform that originated at Spotify. She tells us more about the origin of Backstage, why it took off, and the reasons why it's open for the community. She shares the new technologies that have impressed her the most lately, her all-time favorite song, and we chat more about the importance of communities.

About this episode, and Suzanne in particular: you can find @suushier on Twitter or read here more about her.

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In this episode, we talk with Floor Drees about what it’s like working for K6, an open-source load testing tool and cloud service. How did her role come about? And have they seen an incline in usage and community interaction since Microsoft disabled load testing in Azure DevOps? We dive into her experience as DevRel consultant, helping companies organize, produce and host livestreams and events. Helping them to define and set-up the DevRel role. We talk about broadening and adopting new ways to teach and share knowledge. But also how to enhance accessibility, and how it's important to pay attention to tooling, subtitles, themes, and aesthetics. And what about dinosaurs?

About this episode, and Floor in particular: you can find @FloorDrees on Twitter and FloorD on Github.

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We talk about how Gerald Versluis ended up working on GitHub Codespaces as a remote employee of Microsoft. He also shares his passion for Xamarin (Forms) and the Xamarin Community Toolkit, followed by a look into the near future with .NET 6 and MAUI. And we hear his take on Progressive Web Apps versus native apps.

About this episode: some links we talked about: What will happen to the Community Toolkit?, GitHub Codespaces, and .NET MAUI. More content from Gerald on jfversluis.dev/,  be sure to watch his videos.

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Rick and Oscar talk with Gerben van de Wiel about his experience working at a blockchain start-up over the last couple of years. We get introduced to some of the different blockchain layers and options. We learn about Substrate, an open source framework, and how it can help us. And we chat about different programming languages behind blockchain initiatives.
 
About this episode: you can find @GerbenW on Twitter and learn more about Substrate at substrate.dev.
 
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Welcome to Betatalks the podcast, in which we talk with friends from the development community. We chat not only about technology but what drives them, inspires them, and makes them unique. Rick and Oscar, Principal Cloud Architects at Betabit, invite developers, makers, Open Source maintainers, and other amazing people from the development community.

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