Mark Downie has been blogging about technical topics for years, and also is the primary maintainer of the DasBlog-Core blogging engine. He talks with Scott about writing technical blogs that get read. Why does one blog and in this time of walled gardens, why is it more important than ever? 50% off code for Hanselminutes Listeners "HMdunlop" for "Writing for Developers" https://www.manning.com/books/writing-for-developers...
Jan 23, 2025•32 min•Ep 981•Transcript available on Metacast Is it time for Quantum? The Quantum Ready program is to help businesses and leaders prep for the new era of reliable quantum computing! Scot talks to Dr Krysta Svore, Distinguished Researcher who leads the Microsoft Quantum group about all things quantum, and how you and I can access insights and resources via online skilling, in person workshops and industry specific forums! Learn more at https://quantum.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum-ready/get-started...
Jan 16, 2025•30 min•Ep 980•Transcript available on Metacast Ash Hynie created CountrPT as to bridge the gap between manager perception and employee impact. Folks are tired, folks feel micro-managed, there's all this talk about return to office (RTO). Did we hire grown adults or not? What's the right way to manage technical teams, remote or other wise? How do we build relationships within our teams and with our managers where we can get direct and clear feedback about the needs of the business while still respecting that humans have feelings? https://coun...
Jan 09, 2025•33 min•Ep 979•Transcript available on Metacast Tom Herceg is the CEO of Riganti and his company focuses on .NET and modernization. He chats with Scott about the excitement around updating to .NET 8 and 9. There's so many benefits to modern .NET but there's a lot of confusion about what's possible. Can you really update 5, 10, 20 year old apps and bring them into a modern cloud environment? Tomhas written a new book on .NET Modernization that is available now! https://www.modernizationbook.com - Hanselminutes listeners can get 10% off with co...
Jan 02, 2025•30 min•Ep 978•Transcript available on Metacast Maggie Appleton makes visual essays about programming, design, and anthropology. She's been thinking about how we interact with computers - and AI - longer than you've know about AI. She sits down with Scott to discuss how we interact with our computers through an anthropological lens. https://maggieappleton.com
Dec 26, 2024•35 min•Ep 977•Transcript available on Metacast Brian Douglas is the founder and CEO of Open Sauced where he works on increasing the knowledge and insights of open-source communities. In the past hes lead Developer Advocacy at GitHub by fostering a community of early adopters through content creation showcasing the newest Github features. Open Sauced just joined the Linux Foundation and we learn how and why that move happened on this episode! https://opensauced.pizza/blog/bridging-the-gap-organizational-insights...
Dec 19, 2024•33 min•Ep 976•Transcript available on Metacast The Shopify Winter 2025 Edition is out and it's Boring. Scott talks with Shopify VP of Product Development Glen Coates about the need to sometimes slow down and make software better...even if it's boring. Is it boring if it just works? If it's super reliable and does exactly what you want it to do? Glen breaks down how they do software at Shopify on this episode. https://www.shopify.com/editions/winter2025
Dec 11, 2024•37 min•Ep 975•Transcript available on Metacast Join us for this very special episode as Scott's wife Mo returns for a 2024 check in. Mo and Scott are coming up on 25 years of marriage. How do they make it happen? Do they consider themselves a mixed marriage - and is it cultural or is it just that Scott is a weird computer person?
Dec 05, 2024•37 min•Ep 974•Transcript available on Metacast Let's hear about .NET Aspire from a real-world practitioner! Anthony Simmon has been using .NET Aspire at as a Staff Software Developer at Workleap and he's been blogging his experiences and improvements! Let's talk to Anthony about what he likes and doesn't like about .NET Aspire and how it's making his multi-container development better on his local machines! https://anthonysimmon.com/
Nov 28, 2024•35 min•Ep 973•Transcript available on Metacast Dante Lex saw a problem with developers losing track of - and sometimes checking in secrets - so he and his team started Onboardbase to make secret management easy and secure from project creation to production. Scott chats with Dante about his philosophy of systems design, why secrets management is the next frontier in software, and why Onboardbase is for everyone. https://www.onboardbase.com/
Nov 21, 2024•32 min•Ep 972•Transcript available on Metacast Join host Scott Hanselman as he sits down with Faisal Islam, the mind behind the book Kotlin from Scratch. In this engaging episode, they delve into the world of Kotlin, the modern programming language that's making waves in the development community. Faisal shares insights from his journey writing the book, the key features of Kotlin that make it a favorite among developers, and practical advice for anyone looking to get started with or master this powerful language. https://nostarch.com/kotlin...
Nov 14, 2024•31 min•Ep 971•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode Scott sit's down with Lin Qiao, the visionary CEO of Fireworks AI - and former head of PyTorch at Meta - to explore the journey of putting AI into production and how Fireworks can make that possible. Lin shares her insights on the challenges and triumphs of transforming AI from research to powerful real-world applications. https://fireworks.ai
Nov 07, 2024•34 min•Ep 970•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Scott Hanselman sits down with Charnelle Asante, the founder of Spoiler Talk. Dive deep into the creation and inspiration behind this cutting-edge app as a Charnelle navigates this space as non-technical founder. Charnelle shares her journey from idea to implementation, discussing the challenges of startup life, the importance of user feedback, and the future of spoiler management in an era of binge-watching. http://thespoilerapp.com/...
Oct 31, 2024•35 min•Ep 969•Transcript available on Metacast The new Xbox Adaptive Joystick is designed as a companion for Xbox controllers. You can plug directly into your console or PC and customize or adapt your experience with button remapping in software and even 3D print your own shapes and sticks for a custom experience. Microsoft is launching a new $29.99 Xbox Adaptive Joystick early next year with a focus on players with limited mobility. Scott talks to Xbox Accessibility Expert Kaitlyn Jones in this episode! https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessorie...
Oct 24, 2024•34 min•Ep 968•Transcript available on Metacast I'm Dominic. I've been building software systems for the last two decades. I really enjoy teaching and building courses that make students better developers.
Oct 17, 2024•34 min•Ep 967•Transcript available on Metacast Its one thing to joke about how its always DNS but its another to solve the problem by starting your own DNS Hosting and Domain Registration company. Some folks joke, but Anthony Eden started a company - DNSimple. Scott chats with Anthony about how he got started, how DNS works, and why DNSimple does it right.
Oct 10, 2024•36 min•Ep 966•Transcript available on Metacast The Crimson Diamond is a mystery adventure video game developed and published by Julia Minamata for the PC. The game features a text parser, requiring players to solve a mystery through inputting instructions via text to the game. Solo developer Julia Minamata designed the game featuring an EGA color palette! https://www.thecrimsondiamond.com
Oct 03, 2024•37 min•Ep 965•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of ACM ByteCast, our special guest host Scott Hanselman (of The Hanselminutes Podcast ) welcomes 2024 ACM-IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award recipient Wen-Mei Hwu , Senior Distinguished Research Scientist at NVIDIA and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He was recognized for pioneering and foundational contributions to the design and adoption of multiple generations of processor architectures. His fundamental and pioneering contributions have had a broa...
Sep 26, 2024•33 min•Ep 964•Transcript available on Metacast Joseph Finney is a mechanical engineer by day and a software developer by night. He talks to Scott about how being an indie developer has improved his life, taught him a ton, in how he put applications in the Apple App store, the Google play store, and the Microsoft store. Some of the apps are big and complicated come up and some of the apps are applets, but all of them serve a purpose and solve a specific problem. Joeseph lives experimenting with different ways to solve common problems and have...
Sep 19, 2024•33 min•Ep 963•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Leendert van Doorn discusses the future of Snapdragon technology and its potential to revolutionize various industries. Snapdragon processors are known for their high performance and efficiency, making them a popular choice for smartphones, tablets, and other devices. Van Doorn highlights how Qualcomm is pushing the boundaries of whats possible with Snapdragon, focusing on advancements in AI, connectivity, and power efficiency. He chats with Scott about his passion for this spac...
Sep 12, 2024•32 min•Ep 962•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Washington doesn't want AI to write the Great American novel, he wants YOU to write the Great American novel faster and easier. He's created AIStoryBuilders To help you break your stories down into timelines, locations, and characters. He sits down with Scott to talk about how he wrote this application, where retrieval augmented generation comes in, and how he wrote it with web assembly in mind to avoid having to deal with app stores while still having a mobile version. https://aistorybu...
Sep 05, 2024•33 min•Ep 961•Transcript available on Metacast Daniel Schiffman is a joy. For over a decade, Nature of Code has empowered countless readers to bridge the gap between creative expression and programming. Daniel Schiffman has also brought his joy through education on his Coding Train YouTube channel to millions. Now the Nature of Code has been updated for 2024 with an all new workflow and build system, 28 repositories, and a number of updated chapters that will teach you how to simulate natural systems with javascript. You will come out the th...
Aug 29, 2024•31 min•Ep 960•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman chats with technical product leader Stacie Frederick from Stanza Systems. They dive into the intricacies of fine-tuning products, exploring how thoughtful adjustments and gentle optimizations can significantly enhance user experience and performance. Stacie shares her expertise on the methodologies and tools that drive successful product refinement, offering listeners actionable insights and real-world examples and a better sense of customer empa...
Aug 22, 2024•31 min•Ep 959•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman sits down with Dan Garfield from Octopus Deploy to delve into the cutting-edge world of GitOps on the Edge. They explore how GitOps principles are revolutionizing deployment strategies, particularly in edge computing environments where latency and reliability are critical. Dan shares insights on the unique challenges and solutions for managing infrastructure and applications at the edge, highlighting real-world use cases and best practices. Wheth...
Aug 15, 2024•29 min•Ep 958•Transcript available on Metacast Freeman and Forrest is the first influencer marketing service focused on enterprise tech. After running developer relations, product marketing, and community teams at companies like AWS, Google, Microsoft, and startups, Emily Freeman and Forrest Brazeal have now assembled a dream team of influencer partners across many niches like cloud to security and even generative AI. Today Emily talks to Scott Hanselman about the rise of the technology influencer. https://www.freemanandforrest.com/...
Aug 08, 2024•34 min•Ep 957•Transcript available on Metacast Is AI the new UI? In this episode we'll be chatting with AI expert and Alexa developer Noelle Russell. She's believed in the power of talking to computers for years and thinks it's about to really happen for real. Will VLLMs and AI bring the promise of complex interactions with your computer to life?
Aug 01, 2024•32 min•Ep 956•Transcript available on Metacast Andy Matuschak is an independent researcher who explores user interfaces that expand what people can think and do. He sits down with Scott to talk about how we learn, why we learn, and what learning means in a world of AI and AGI. https://andymatuschak.org/
Jul 25, 2024•36 min•Ep 955•Transcript available on Metacast Scott's in Berlin this week and talks to Angie Jones, Global Vice President of Developer Relations, TBD @ Block, about the job of Developer Relations. What does a DevRel person even do? Are they just hanging out in the Delta Lounge or are the Developers? What does it mean to Advocate versus Evangelize?
Jul 18, 2024•32 min•Ep 954•Transcript available on Metacast Sam Rose creates visual introductions to computer science topics. Each post takes about a month to make, and he tries to cover foundational topics in a way that's accessible to beginners. Scott chats with Sam about the how and why of making such bespoke and sophisticated blog posts. Visit Sam Rose's site! Load Balancing Memory Allocation Hashing Retries Bloom Filters Numbers Queueing Bartosz Ciechanowski's Mechanical Watch Andy Matuschak...
Jul 11, 2024•34 min•Ep 953•Transcript available on Metacast .NET Aspire has folks talking - but why? What is .NET Aspire and what does it me for the average ASP.NET developer like me? Is it a thing for Kubernetes? Is it just for .NET Devs? Scott sits down with Damian Edwards to get a sense of what .NET Aspire ahem aspires to do, and where it's heading.
Jul 04, 2024•35 min•Ep 952•Transcript available on Metacast