Development Best Practices

30: .NET and Containers: Getting Started, and the Future of Containers

 In today's episode, we are pleased to welcome back Matt Milner, Pluralsight Author, speaker, and consultant.  We conclude our series on .NET and Containers with Part 3: Getting Started with Containers, and the Future of .NET and Containers.  If you haven't listened to our first two episodes on container basics and container conflict, we recommend doing so before listening to this one.  Without further ado, let's get to our conversation with Matt.1:05 Container success stories2:30 Challenges/limitations4:45 Getting started with containers6:30 Using GitHub Codespaces with Visual Studio8:40 Docker - what's coming in the future?11:00 Future of .NET execution in containers11:40 Combating intimidation around hosting12:20 Azure Container InstancesThanks to Matt for this third and final installation of our series on .NET and Containers.  You can reach Matt at @milnertweet on Twitter and see his Pluralsight courses at https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/matt-milner. A special thanks also to Josie Bigler for writing the core of the questions we asked in this podcast series - just don't blame him for the bad jokes. :-)The Development Best Practices Podcast is brought to you by ILM Professional Services.  Do you have .NET application that could benefit from containerization?  Or maybe you already have containers in place and need to figure out how to optimize them.  In either case, ILM can help.  Please visit ilmservice.com today to get some help.

29: .NET and Containers: Avoiding Container Conflict and Using Pipelines

We are pleased to welcome back Matt Milner, Pluralsight Author, speaker and consultant. Matt and Jason continue their talk around .NET and Containers with Part 2 of our 3 part series: Avoiding Container Conflict and Using Pipelines.  If you haven't listened to our first episode on Container basics, VMs, and Docker, we would recommend you do so before listening to this one.1:05 Docker Use Cases2:20 Using containers to set up development environment3:15 DockerHub and other prebuilt container images5:40 Docker CoPilot coming?  VS Extensions and IntelliSense7:35 Recommended Visual Studio container integrations9:35 Multiple Containers - how to avoid conflicts12:40 CI/CD pipelines and containersMany thanks to Matt for this second episode in our three part series.  Make sure to check back in a few weeks for the final episode of our .NET and Containers series: getting started with containers and the future of .NET and containers.You can reach Matt at @milnertweet on Twitter and see his Pluralsight courses at https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/matt-milnerThe Development Best Practices Podcast is brought to you by ILM Professional Services.  Do you have .NET application that could benefit from containerization?  Or maybe you already have containers in place and need to figure out how to optimize them.  In either case, ILM can help.  Please visit ilmservice.com today to find out how.

28: .NET and Containers: Container Basics, VMs, and Docker

On today's episode we are pleased to welcome Matt Milner, Pluralsight Author, speaker and consultant.  Minnesota Developers Conference attendees know Matt from the great talks he's given over the years on everything from Serverless Computing to Maui.  Today's episode begins a 3-part series that will walk you through container basics, dealing with container conflict, using containers in pipelines, and the future of containers and .NET.  3:12 Best practices in snow removal5:22 Containers - top down and bottom up definitions6:40 Difference between images and containers7:53 What are volumes in this context?9:08 Difference between containers and VMs10:58 Containers on Windows machines12:08 Containers, Docker, and desktop development13:20 Docker vs. KubernetesMany thanks to Matt for a great first episode in our series.  Make sure to check back in a few weeks for  part II of our .NET and Containers series: Avoiding Container Conflict.You can reach Matt at @milnertweet on Twitter and see his Pluralsight courses at https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/matt-milnerThe Development Best Practices Podcast is brought to you by ILM Professional Services.  Do you have .NET application that could benefit from containerization?  Or maybe you already have containers in place and need to figure out how to optimize them.  In either case, ILM can help.  Please visit ilmservice.com today to find out how.

27: Personal Finance: 401(k)s, Financial Independence, and Walk-Away Money

We welcome back Kamran Ayub, Pluralsight Author, speaker and consultant.  So...Kamran and I had a great plan: create a four part series on best practices in personal finance for developers.  It was  a good plan, but luckily for you, dear listener, we talked about some other great topics: 401(k)s, financial independence, and FU money.  Rather than just lose that, it's here, in this bonus episode.  I hope you enjoy it - it's some of the most valuable advice you'll hear.1:11 401(k)s and other savings vehicles2:40 401(k) company match = free money4:40 Financial independence definition7:05 Encore Careers9:40 Walk-Away MoneyPersonal Finance Tools:- Mint from Intuit - https://mint.intuit.com- Personal Capital - https://www.personalcapital.com- TillerHQ - https://www.tillerhq.com- YNAB - You need a budget - https://www.youneedabudget.comYou can reach Kamran at @kamranayub on Twitter and see his Pluralsight courses at https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/kamran-ayubThis was a bonus part five episode of our four part personal finance series. Again, I hope you enjoyed it, and found value in it.The Development Best Practices podcast is brought to you by ILM Professional Services.  ILM cares about the developers in our community, and their financial health.  It's one of the reasons we're putting together this podcast series.  If you're interested in joining a company that cares about your whole self, not just the part you give during working hours, and does a 401(k) match, please consider joining ILM.  Please visit our website at ilmservice.com and check out our Careers page for more information.We're just at the start of our 2nd season.  Are there any topics from Season 1 that you'd like us to revisit?  Any new topics you would like us to cover?  Please email us at podcast@ilmservice.com with your thoughts.  Thanks for listening, and have a wonderful day!

26: Personal Finance: Tools, Security and your Retirement Savings

On today's episode we are pleased to welcome back Kamran Ayub, Pluralsight Author, speaker and consultant.  Kamran and I continue  our talk around Best Practices in Personal Finance with Part 4 of our series: Personal Finance: Tools, security and your retirement savings.  If you haven't listened to our first three episodes on budgeting and attacking your debt and socially-responsible investing, I would recommend you do so before listening to this one.  In those last three episodes we were talking about fictional developers Kris and Robin.  In this episode we talk about the tools they can use to manage their budget and retirement planning.1:40 Tools Overview2:05 Tool: Mint from Intuit2:40 Tool: Personal Capital3:20 Tool: Microsoft Excel3:50 Tool: TillerHQ4:28 Tool: YNAB - You need a budget5:55 Retirement scenario tools6:55 Retiring early9:00 Security concerns10:50 Lower-tech secure options11:20 Security using multiple accountsPersonal Finance Tools:- Mint from Intuit - https://mint.intuit.com- Personal Capital - https://www.personalcapital.com- TillerHQ - https://www.tillerhq.com- YNAB - You need a budget - https://www.youneedabudget.comYou can reach Kamran at @kamranayub on Twitter and see his Pluralsight courses at https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/kamran-ayubThank you to Kamran once again.  This was part four of our personal finance series.  Originally we had planned for this to be a four part series, but as often happens the best stuff ended up being unplanned, in this case 401(k)s, financial independence, and FU Money. Make sure to check back in a few weeks for this bonus episode.The Development Best Practices podcast is brought to you by ILM Professional Services.  ILM cares about the developers in our community, and their financial health.  It's one of the reasons we're putting together this podcast series.  If you're interested in joining a company that cares about your whole self, not just the part you give during working hours, please consider joining ILM.  Please visit our website at ilmservice.com and check out our Careers page for more information.This episode is the start to our 2nd season.  Are there any topics from Season 1 that you'd like us to revisit?  Any new topics you would like us to cover?  Please email us at podcast@ilmservice.com with your thoughts.  Thanks for listening, and have a wonderful day!