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The Unhandled Exception Podcast

Dan Clarke (@dracan)

78 episodes

1 month ago

In this episode, I was joined by Gui Ferreira to chat about one of my favourite topics - life productivity! Where we talked about goal-setting, time management, and productivity in general. We also chatted a bit at the end about testing and AI. Guilherme Ferreira, also known as Gui, is a Minimalist Software Craftsman, passionate about simplicity and continuous learning. Gui is a Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies, a Tech Speaker, a YouTuber, and a .NET content creator. With over 15 yea...

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In this episode, I was joined by Gui Ferreira to chat about one of my favourite topics - life productivity! Where we talked about goal-setting, time management, and productivity in general. We also chatted a bit at the end about testing and AI. Guilherme Ferreira, also known as Gui, is a Minimalist Software Craftsman, passionate about simplicity and continuous learning. Gui is a Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies, a Tech Speaker, a YouTuber, and a .NET content creator. With over 15 yea...

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Episodes (20/78)

The Unhandled Exception Podcast

Upgrade your Brain's OS - with Rob West

As developers, we’re always looking for ways to improve and optimise our code. Yet we often neglect our body’s hardware and software. In this episode, I was joined by Rob West, to chat about how we can use mindfulness, nutrition, and exercise to upgrade our brain’s operating system. A large part of our discussion was about our ability to focus, why are brains naturally struggle with this, especially in the modern world - and techniques to help us with this. We did, of course, also chat about ...

5 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes

The Unhandled Exception Podcast

Unhandled Exceptions - With Callum Linington

In this episode, I was joined for a second time by Callum Linington - this time to discuss exceptions, which is quite fitting given the show’s name! We chatted about why you should avoid using exceptions for your main business logic and control flow, and explored better ways to handle errors. And I’m afraid the “monad” word got thrown in too! 🙈For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

6 months ago

1 hour 10 minutes

The Unhandled Exception Podcast

GitHub Actions - With Scott Sauber

In this episode, I was joined by Scott Sauber to chat about GitHub Actions. Before that though, we chatted about the differences between ‘Continuous Integration’, ‘Continuous Delivery’, and ‘Continuous Deployment’. Then we delved into the world of GitHub Actions, and how they can be used to automate your workflows.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

7 months ago

52 minutes

The Unhandled Exception Podcast

Naming things is hard! - with Nick Cosentino

In this episode, I was joined by Nick Cosentino (DevLeader on the socials) to chat about refactoring code. We also discussed various other things, like automated testing, and how AI might affect us as developers, and much more!For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

7 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes

The Unhandled Exception Podcast

The Umbraco CMS and Community

In this group episode, I was joined by Carl Sargunar, Lotte Pitcher, Carole Rennie Logan, and Callum Whyte, to discuss the Umbraco community and CMS! We chatted about the amazing community around Umbraco, as well as the features of the CMS itself. It definitely made me want to reach for Umbraco next time I need a CMS!For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

8 months ago

1 hour 12 minutes

The Unhandled Exception Podcast

Modular Monoliths - with Steve "ardalis" Smith

In this episode, I was honoured to be joined by Steve “ardalis” Smith to chat about Modular Monoliths! We discussed the benefits of going down the Modular Monolith route instead of moving to microservices. We also chatted about how MediatR can help with this, and also about creating online courses.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

9 months ago

44 minutes

The Unhandled Exception Podcast

Live Panel Discussion at DDD South West 2024

This was the first episode we’ve done which has been recorded live with an audience! It was hosted at the DDD South West conference in Bristol (UK), and I was joined by a panel of speakers. After introductions, I kicked off the conversation with a question about AI - and then we went from there, taking further dev-related questions from the audience.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

11 months ago

52 minutes

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Serverless, AWS, and .NET - with James Eastham

In this episode I was joined by James Eastham to initially to chat about AWS and Serverless with .NET… but we ended up covering a whole lot more! We chatted about OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes, Rust, and our Dometrain courses too!James Eastham is a Senior Cloud Architect at Amazon Web Services and content creator. He has over 10 years of experience in software, at all layers of the application stack. He has worked in front-line support, database administration, backend development and now works w...

1 year ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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C# and Blazor - with Mads Torgersen, Dan Roth, and Scott Hunter!

In this episode, I was honoured to be joined by Mads Torgersen, Dan Roth, and Scott Hunter!!! 🤯 We chatted about Blazor in .NET 8; C#12 interceptors, C#13, C#36 (you have to listen 😉), source generators, discriminated unions, AOT, and Stephen Toub’s performance blog posts!Mads, Dan, and Scott all work for Microsoft, and are heavily involved in .NET. Mads is the Lead Designer of C#, Dan is Product Manager on the ASP.NET Team for Blazor, and Scott is the VP of Product, working on the Azure Dev ...

1 year ago

1 hour 9 minutes

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GitKraken - with Justin Roberts and Eric Amodio

In this episode, I was joined by Justin Roberts and Eric Amodio to chat about the GitKraken Git client. We chatted about its features, and also what it’s been like working on it. We also spoke about the GitLens VS Code client.Justin is the Senior Director of Product at GitKraken, and has been leading the design of the GitKraken Git Client. Eric is the CTO, and also the creator of GitLens for VS Code, and previously a VS Code developer at Microsoft.For a full list of show notes, or to add comm...

1 year ago

59 minutes

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Chocolatey - with Gary Ewan Park

In this episode, I was joined by Gary Ewan Park to chat about Chocolatey, and what it’s been like as a developer working on it. Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows, and it’s a tool that I’ve used for many years - so really enjoyed chatting with Gary about it!Gary is a Principal Software Engineer at Chocolatey Software and Microsoft Visual Studio and Development Technologies MVP and GitHub Star.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

1 year ago

48 minutes

The Unhandled Exception Podcast

Speed mentoring and the power of Community - with Mia Gordon

In this episode, I was joined by Mia Gordon to chat about speed mentoring! I was recently invited to a speed mentoring event that she organised, and it was such a fun event and great idea and concept - that I invited her onto the show to chat about it! We also spoke about the power of community, and how big a difference it can make to your career and life.Mia is a Full Stack Developer at Ministry of Justice Digital and Technology. She’s an ex event-manager, who then switched careers to softwa...

1 year ago

38 minutes

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Platform Engineering and IaC - with Shahid Iqbal

In this episode, I was joined for a second time by Shahid Iqbal, this time to chat about Platform Engineering and Infrastructure as Code! We discussed what Platform Engineering means, and also different IaC tools. And Shahid’s undying love for Pulumi! 😂Shahid is a Principal Platform Architect at Auror based in Auckland NZ, and is also an Azure MVP.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

1 year ago

38 minutes

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.NET Conf 2023 - with Scott Hunter

In this episode I was honoured to be joined by Scott Hunter to chat about the announcements from .NET Conf 2023! The main areas we discussed were C#12 features, the new .NET Aspire, C# Devkit, Native AOT, and also touched a bit on Blazor. As always - it’s an exciting time to be a .NET developer!For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

1 year ago

44 minutes

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Hexagonal Architecture - with Valentina Cupać

In this episode, I was joined by Valentina Cupać to chat about Hexagonal Architecture. We discussed what Hexagonal Architecture is, how it can help us build better software, and the difference between it and other similar architectures, such as Clean and Onion Architecture.Valentina is a Technical Coach at Optive, helping development teams deliver quality software with TDD and Clean Architecture. She also the runs the Tech Excellence community.For a full list of show notes, or to add comments...

1 year ago

57 minutes

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Dometrain - with Nick Chapsas

In this episode, I was joined for the second time by Nick Chapsas! This time, we chatted about his new Dometrain teaching platform. Nick started off creating courses on his own website, nickchapsas.com, which he’s recently rebranded to Dometrain and reached out to other authors to also create courses - myself included! I’ve recently released a Docker course on Dometrain, and we chatted about my experience doing this, as well as Nick’s story and motivations behind building Dometrain.For a full...

1 year ago

48 minutes

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.NET and Podcasting - with Jamie Taylor

In this episode, I was joined by the host of The Modern .NET Show, Jamie Taylor to chat about both .NET and podcasting! We also chatted about various other things like productivity, remote working and life balance, supporting junior developers, and plenty more!For a full list of show notes, or to add comments - please see the website here

1 year ago

55 minutes

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NServiceBus - with Laïla Bougriâ

In this episode, I had great fun chatting with Laïla Bougriâ about NServiceBus and how it can help with your distributed architecture. From its support for observability (including OTel) and dashboarding, to sagas and pub/sub. Even zombie and ghost messages! (spooky!). And as has been known to happen on this show - we did end up going on a tangent and geeking out about the awesome Jetbrains Rider too!Laïla is a Solutions Architect and Software Engineer at Particular Software. She’s also a Mic...

1 year ago

53 minutes

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RavenDB Database Internals - with Oren Eini

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Oren Eini about RavenDB and diving deep into the world of database internals. We explore the intricacies of how databases work under the hood and discuss the challenges - especially around performance.Oren Eini, also known as Ayende Rahien, is the Founder and CEO of RavenDB, a leading NoSQL document database management platform, empowering both startups and Fortune 500 companies. With over 20 years of software development experience and bus...

1 year ago

53 minutes

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Cleaning your Big Ball of Mud using CQS - with Matt Hunt

In this episode, I was thrilled to be joined by Matt Hunt to chat about using the CQS pattern to improve your codebase quality and help avoid writing those ‘Big Ball of Mud’ code-bases that sadly we see way too often in our industry!CQS (Command Query Separation) is a pattern that states that a method should either be a command that performs an action or a query that returns data, but not both. This approach promotes a clear separation of concerns, improves readability, and can lead to more m...

1 year ago

59 minutes