Here is Debbie in her own words. With over 15 years experience in Frontend development I have worked as a Tech Lead and consultant for many important clients with various technologies and often with a strong focus on performance. I have lead teams both in house and remotely as well as giving workshops and training. I have many years of experience as a mentor for online learning platforms, Treehouse and OpenClassrooms and am a teacher at Vue School as well as Jamstack Explorers, and I am a writer...
May 19, 2026•1 hr 3 min
Brittany is a Staff Software Engineer at GitHub, helping build the platform millions of developers rely on every day. She hosts the Overcommitted podcast, writes The Balanced Engineer newsletter, and speaks at conferences about AI, accessibility, developer productivity, and building a software engineering career. You can find Brittany on the following sites: Bluesky Blog LinkedIn GitHub YouTube Here are some links provided by Brittany: Overcommitted Podcast PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotif...
May 05, 2026•53 min
Joe Finney is a Product Owner and MVP by day and builds productivity apps for Windows at night. When he is not programming he is birding, running, and enjoying tasty coffee and beer in Milwaukee.You can find Joe on the following sites: Bluesky Blog X GitHub Mastodon PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Lev...
Apr 29, 2026•1 hr 1 min
Pierce leads the VS Code product team. He has a long history in developer tools and joined via Microsoft's acquisition of Xamarin in 2016. He lives in Park City, UT and enjoys skiing and biking with his wife and two kids.You can find Pierce on the following sites: Blog X GitHub LinkedIn PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source i...
Apr 21, 2026•1 hr
Gerald Versluis is a software engineer at Microsoft, who wields the power of .NET to conquer any project that comes his way. With a career spanning over a decade, he's tackled it all, from frontend to backend and everything in between, using .NET MAUI, Azure, ASP.NET, and all the other .NET goodies. And these days of course; AI and Copilot. But it wasn't until he discovered the magic of Xamarin that he truly fell in love with mobile and cross-platform development, becoming an active community me...
Apr 14, 2026•1 hr
Courtney Yatteau is a Developer Advocate on Esri's Developer Experience Team, where she helps developers build better web applications with modern JavaScript tools, libraries, and mapping technology. Before Esri, she taught computer science and mathematics, which shaped her approach to making technical concepts clear, approachable, and visual.You can find Courtney on the following sites: YouTube Bluesky X LinkedIn Github PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon...
Apr 07, 2026•1 hr 5 min
William Morgan is the co-founder and CEO of Buoyant, creators of Linkerd. Prior to Buoyant, he was an infrastructure engineer at Twitter, where he helped move Twitter from monolith to microservices. He was a software engineer at Powerset, Microsoft, and Adap.tv, and a research scientist at MITRE.You can find William on the following sites: Bluesky LinkedIn Here are some links provided by William: Buoyant Linkerd PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RS...
Mar 31, 2026•57 min
Brian Alvey is CTO at WordPress VIP, the enterprise platform trusted by brands such as CNN, Salesforce, Bloomberg, and NBCUniversal (and built on WordPress Open Source, which powers nearly 45% of the internet). Brian is also one of the internet’s original builders and leaders in online publishing - from founding Engadget to creating software used by global brands like AOL, Gucci, BusinessWeek, Netscape, Huffington Post, and more. You can find Brian on the following sites: Blog LinkedIn X Here ar...
Mar 24, 2026•59 min
Nir is an experienced information security leader, executive, expert and a public speaker at leading conferences globally, including Black Hat, Defcon, BSides, and RSA. Before founding Arnica, Nir lead the product and data security across Finastra, established security at Kabbage (acquired by Amex) as CISO, and headed application security across NCR. Innovation is a key driver for Nir, as reflected by his contribution to open source projects and invention of 7 patents in software security.You ca...
Mar 17, 2026•57 min
Helen Hou-Sandí is a Staff Software Engineering Manager for Accessibility at GitHub and a WordPress Lead Developer. As a technologist, she is a leader in open source software and management, and caree deeply about building great user experiences. She am also a classically-trained pianist who’s performed extensively worldwide.You can find Helen on the following sites: Blog LinkedIn X GitHub BlueSky PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can ...
Mar 10, 2026•1 hr 1 min
Jeffrey Snover is retired and spending his time as a Philosopher-Errant, attending Science & Technology conferences and giving public talks. Prior to retiring in 2026, he was a Distinguished Engineer at Google and a Technical Fellow at Microsoft where he was an AI Architect in Office, the Chief Architect for Windows Server Azure Stack. Snover is the inventor of Windows PowerShell, an object-based distributed automation engine, scripting language, and command line shell. Snover joined Microso...
Mar 03, 2026•1 hr 8 min
Ardalis (Steve Smith) is an entrepreneur and software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible. Ardalis has published DOZENS of courses on Pluralsight and Dometrain, covering DDD, SOLID, design patterns, and software architecture. He's a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP, a frequent speaker at developer conferences, an author, and a trainer. Ardalis works with companies through NimblePros, the boutique consulting company he runs with his wife, Michelle. They help tea...
Feb 17, 2026•1 hr 3 min
Tim is a program manager at Microsoft, working on .NET and developer tools (formerly UI frameworks including WPF, Silverlight, UWP, and WinUI). In the past Tim worked as software developer for various healthcare and consulting companies building client and web applications. Personally Tim is an avid cyclist. You can find Tim on the following sites: Blog LinkedIn X PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee ...
Feb 03, 2026•1 hr 1 min
Known globally as DThompsonDev, Danny Thompson is a software engineer driven by a single mission: helping developers grow. He is the founder of the Commit Your Code Conference and community, leader of the Dallas Software Developers Meetup, the largest and most active dev group in North Texas, and co-host of The Programming Podcast. An expert in public speaking and AI, Danny is the author of The Developer’s Guide to AI. When he isn't on stage or coding, you can find him on the pickleball court or...
Jan 28, 2026•1 hr 18 min
Michael Stahnke is a seasoned technology leader and open-source advocate, currently serving as the VP of Engineering Flox. With experience in leading operations and engineering departments, Michael has played a pivotal role in shaping DevOps practices and automation in software development. Prior to joining Flox he held senior leadership positions at CircleCI and Puppet, where he built and led engineering teams solving problems for developers and operations. He is a regular speaker at technology...
Jan 20, 2026•1 hr 5 min
Keith Townsend is an independent CTO advisor and infrastructure practitioner focused on how enterprises actually adopt AI, cloud, and open-source platforms at scale. He’s the founder of The Advisor Bench and the voice behind The CTO Advisor, where he helps CIOs and CTOs navigate hard infrastructure decisions around hybrid cloud, AI systems, and platform architecture. Keith has spent his career inside large enterprises and alongside vendors—working as an enterprise architect, consultant, and anal...
Jan 06, 2026•1 hr 2 min
Jan combines the precision of his background in luxury watchmaking with deep experience in platform engineering and open source. As a GitHub Star and Microsoft MVP, he has demonstrated impact in the community and with companies worldwide. He led teams of dozens of engineers at NIKE EMEA, built the popular cross-platform prompt theme engine Oh My Posh, and guides organizations in their transformation toward AI-native software development. Jan helps companies scale, modernize, and align their tech...
Dec 30, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Kat is the Head of Developer Advocacy at Minimus, focused on the growth and nurturing of open source through authentic contribution. In particular, her specialties are approachable 101-level content and deep dives on the history of technology, with a focus on DevOps and cloud native. She was the Kubernetes Release Lead for 1.30 Uwubernetes, and currently serves as a member of the Kubernetes Steering Committee, the Release Team Subproject Lead, and a SIG Docs Tech Lead. When she’s not at a confer...
Dec 16, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Once described on Reddit as “technically challenged”, Sarah is a Principal Security Advocate working at Microsoft. She has lived all over the place but currently calls Melbourne home. Sarah has been working in cyber security since before it was cool, has previously spoken at many security conferences including Black Hat and has co-authored a few Microsoft Press technical books. She is an active supporter of security communities across the globe and a co-host of the Microsoft Azure Security Podca...
Dec 09, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Jeff Williams is the Co-Founder and CTO of Contrast Security, where he leads innovation in runtime-based application security. A pioneer in modern AppSec and co-founder of OWASP, Jeff has spent more than two decades helping organizations understand and manage software risk through instrumentation, context, and continuous learning. You can find Jeff on the following sites: LinkedIn X Here are some links provided by Jeff: Contrast Security Contrast Security X PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotif...
Dec 02, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Sydnee leads AI product initiatives at Cribl, the data engine for IT & Security. Prior to joining Cribl, Sydnee was leading hyperscale inference within the CoreAI group at Microsoft. Sydnee is passionate about helping individuals learn and adopt AI safely and responsibly.You can find Sydnee on the following sites: LinkedIn PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeea...
Nov 25, 2025•1 hr 5 min
Adriana is a CNCF Ambassador, blogger, host of the Geeking Out Podcast, and a maintainer of the OpenTelemetry End User SIG. By day, she's a Principal Developer Advocate at Dynatrace, focusing on Observability and OpenTelemetry. By night, she climbs walls. She also loves capybaras, because they make her happy. You can find Adriana on the following sites: Bluesky Blog LinkedIn GitHub Mastodon YouTube PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can...
Nov 18, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Phil Nash is a developer relations engineer for Langflow at IBM. Sometimes he writes code on stage in front of a crowd, hoping everything just works. Sometimes he writes open source code, which is much less stressful because if it is wrong someone else can correct it. He writes code in tweets or toots sometimes, but not much fits. You can find Phil on the following sites: Website LinkedIn GitHub Bluesky X Here are some links provided by Phil: Langflow PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Appl...
Nov 04, 2025•1 hr
Mark Techson, an award-winning university instructor and senior software engineer, has two decades of experience developing tech solutions. Passionate about creating meaningful learning experiences and demystifying coding, he currently works as DevRel Lead on the Angular Team at Google. You can find Mark on the following sites: Website LinkedIn GitHub Bluesky X YouTube PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Co...
Oct 21, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Brian Pontarelli is a technology entrepreneur currently solving login, registration, and user management challenges with FusionAuth. Brian started programming at the age of 8 and studied Computer Engineering at CU Boulder. During his early career, Brian worked as a software engineer at companies such as BEA and Orbitz. He started working on his own products nights and weekends and quit his day job after selling to a few large companies. He bootstrapped the company for 16 years before selling a m...
Oct 14, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Don is the CTO and Co-Founder at Searchcraft, a developer-centric platform focused on re-imagining content search for applications. Don has spent nearly 30 years in software engineering, building applications for both startups and enterprise-scale companies. You can find Don on the following sites: Website LinkedIn GitHub Bluesky Here are some links provided by Don: Searchcraft PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episo...
Sep 30, 2025•58 min
Dan Wahlin is a Principal Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft working with developers to leverage the capabilities available in Azure, Microsoft 365, and Power Platform. In addition to his work at Microsoft, Dan creates training courses for Pluralsight, speaks at conferences and meetups around the world, and offers webinars on a variety of technical topics. Prior to joining Microsoft, Dan was CEO of a consulting, architecture, and training company for 20 years helping enterprises build great s...
Sep 23, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Alvin is a technical writer and software developer specializing in Microsoft technologies, specifically .NET, C#, and XAML. He has over 30 years of experience developing applications for Windows, mobile, and the web. He has authored two books for Packt Publishing and is a full-time content developer on the Windows developer docs on Microsoft Learn. His published books are 'Learn WinUI 3' and 'Parallel Programming and Concurrency with C# 10 and .NET 6'.You can find Alvin on the following sites: W...
Sep 09, 2025•59 min
Noelle Russell is a multi-award-winning speaker, author, and AI Executive who specializes in transforming businesses through strategic AI adoption. She is a revenue growth + cost optimization expert, 4x Microsoft Responsible AI MVP, and named the #1 Agentic AI Leader in 2025. She has led teams at NPR, Microsoft, IBM, AWS and Amazon Alexa, and is a consistent champion for Data and AI literacy and is the founder of the 'I ❤️ AI' Community teaching responsible AI for everyone. She is the founder of...
Sep 02, 2025•58 min
Patrik is a programmer from Sweden with over 20 years of experience, starting his journey at the age of 7 on an ABC-800 and later exploring platforms like the Commodore 64, Amiga, and PC. He has been active in the open source community since 2010 and is the creator of tools such as Cake and Spectre.Console, along with several other open source projects. He has a strong interest in developer tooling and devops, and enjoys working with languages like C#, Rust, and Swift. His contributions have som...
Aug 26, 2025•1 hr 9 min
