Why Postgres? and why now? with Claire Giordano

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 empathy.https://www.stanza.systems

22 Aug 202430min

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. Whether you’re a seasoned DevOps professional or just curious about the future of deployment automation, this episode offers valuable perspectives on the evolving landscape of GitOpshttps://octopus.com/blog/what-is-gitops

15 Aug 202429min

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/

8 Aug 202433min

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?

1 Aug 202431min

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/

25 Juli 202435min

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?

18 Juli 202431min

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 BalancingMemory AllocationHashingRetriesBloom FiltersNumbersQueueingBartosz Ciechanowski's Mechanical WatchAndy Matuschak

11 Juli 202433min

.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.

4 Juli 202435min