Mads Torgersen: C# Insights with Language Designer - Episode 325

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Mads is the Lead Designer of the C# language and has been at Microsoft for 18 years. Prior to this, Mads was a professor and contributed to a language starting with J. He was previously on episode 164 of the podcast where he spoke about the latest on C# at the time.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:43] Mads’s career journey.

[5:14] C# Compiler and language evolution.

[9:18] C# 12 and 13 features.

[14:35] The impact of the new features.

[18:11] The importance of gathering user feedback in refining and expanding new features.

[22:19] What’s the best avenue to learn if you’re coming in fresh?

[26:30] Mads explains the goal for C# this year.

[37:51] Mads views generative AI as a productivity boost rather than a replacement for human programmers.

[38:00] Does C# have a category?

[40:55] Generative AI and its impact on programming.

[43:43] Serving as another productivity booster for developing code.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.

Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

.NET C#slang

Mads on Ep 164

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Mads Torgersen: C# Insights with Language Designer - Episode 325

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Topics of Discussion:

[3:43] Mads’s career journey.

[5:14] C# Compiler and language evolution.

[9:18] C# 12 and 13 features.

[14:35] The impact of the new features.

[18:11] The importance of gathering user feedback in refining and expanding new features.

[22:19] What’s the best avenue to learn if you’re coming in fresh?

[26:30] Mads explains the goal for C# this year.

[37:51] Mads views generative AI as a productivity boost rather than a replacement for human programmers.

[38:00] Does C# have a category?

[40:55] Generative AI and its impact on programming.

[43:43] Serving as another productivity booster for developing code.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net.

Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

.NET C#slang

Mads on Ep 164

C# Guide

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Scott Ambler helps people and teams adopt new ways of working (WoW) and evolve their ways of thinking (WoT), particularly around data warehousing and data quality. He is the creator of the Agile Modeling (AM) (AgileModeling.com) method and Agile Data (AD) (AgileData.org) methods. With Mark Lines, he co-created PMI’s Disciplined Agile (DA) toolkit. As a conference keynote speaker, he speaks about continuous data warehousing (DW)/business intelligence (BI), how to address enterprise data debt, how to succeed at corporate AI, and agile architecture. He has also (co-)authored several books, including Choose Your WoW!, An Executive’s Guide to Disciplined Agile, Refactoring Databases, and Agile Modeling. For a full list of his books, visit Scottambler.com/my-books/ . Topics of Discussion: [4:29] Scott talks about his career journey. [6:53] Scott’s early involvement in Agile. [8:34] Needing to up our game in the Agile space. [8:55] Agile2025 Conference this summer in Denver, CO. [11:20] Challenges and evolution within the Agile community. [20:01] Are we going to have a new Agile gold rush? [21:47] Keeping an eye out for inappropriate processes. [25:38] How we can do better. [28:17] The Agile Manifesto. [35:03] Importance of database refactoring and continuous data operations. [36:46] What best practices does Scott recommend? Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net . Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way , by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Scott Ambler Scott Ambler LinkedIn The Future of Agile Isn't Shit Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.…

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Ryan Booz: The State of the Database in 2025 - Episode 333 40:52

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Ryan is an Advocate at Redgate focusing on PostgreSQL. Ryan has been working as a PostgreSQL advocate, developer, DBA, and product manager for over 20 years, primarily working with time-series data on PostgreSQL and the Microsoft Data Platform. Ryan is a long-time DBA, starting with MySQL and Postgres in the late ’90s. He spent more than 15 years working with SQL Server before returning to PostgreSQL full-time in 2018. He’s at the top of his game when learning something new about the data platform or teaching others about the technology he loves. Topics of Discussion: [4:10] What made Ryan a database guy? [6:11] CodeMash . [6:58] Discovering the potential of SQL Server. [12:02] The state of the database in 2025 and the things generalist developers should know. [15:27] The challenge of interfacing between database types. [19:57] Is Microsoft Fabric the future? [22:44] Postgres for .NET developers. [24:46] Nuances of migrating from SQL Server to Postgres. [26:01] Postgres resources for data professionals. [35:29] Postgres and its innovative edge. [38:30] What is a vector database? [39:45] The power of Postgres indexing. Mentioned in this Episode: Clear Measure Way Architect Forum Software Engineer Forum Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at programming@palermo.net . Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor) .NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way , by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon! Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events! Ep 245 with Ryan Booz Figuring Out Fabric SQLGene Training Introduction to PostgreSQL for the data professional. Kindle Edition Postgres Playground pgEdge “Name Collision of the Year” Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.…

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James Montemagno: .NET Aspire with Azd - Episode 332 46:48

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