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Betatalks the podcast — 131 episodes

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129. Why Developers Still Matter in the Age of AI - with Tim Corey

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128. Applying AI in Agricultural Robotics: From Kaggle to Production - with Julian de Wit

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127. Why PowerShell is Fun and Automation Matters - with Harm Veenstra

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126. GenAI: Is Your Azure Architecture Ready? - with Toon Vanhoutte

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125. Rewriting the Operating System of Tech - with Emily van Putten

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124. The Reality of AI in Software Development - with Rick & Oscar

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123. From DevOps to Platform Engineering: Building Valuable Software - with Geert van der Cruijsen

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122. How AI Is Transforming Human Resources - with Ana Inés Urrutia

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121. Building Smarter Apps with .NET MAUI and ML.NET - with Anjuli Jhakry

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120. Beyond the AI Hype: A 2025 Christmas Reflection - with Rick & Oscar

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119. Building People-focused Leadership in Tech - with Amber Vanderburg

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118. Designing Smarter SaaS Workflows: Rethinking Legacy Constraints - with Yasen Dinkov

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117. AI and the Future of Developer Documentation - with Alvin Ashcraft

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116. The Evolution of Cybersecurity - with Paula Januszkiewicz

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115. How AI Transforms Software Development - with Jelle Fremery

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114. .NET 10, TUnit, GPT-5 and More: Discussing Software Maturity - with Rick, Oscar & Jelle

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113. Vector Databases and RAG for Grounding AI in Reliable Data - with Christian Peeters

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112. Transforming Cloud Innovation with Microsoft Fabric - with Jos Eilers

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111. The Test Pyramid Is Dead: A New Era of Software Testing - with Bram Albers

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110. Smart Cloud Migration with Azure Technologies - with Rick & Oscar

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109. Semantic Kernel to Raspberry Pi: Building Smart AI Solutions - with Jamie Maguire

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108. How PowerToys and AI Are Changing Windows Development - with Niels Laute

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107. Tech Without Limits: Innovating Through Open Source - with Nico Vermeir

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106. Where AI and Software Engineering Meet: Breaking the Black Box - with Megan Bloemsma

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105. AI's Coding Breakthrough: Unstructured to Understood - with Andreas Wänqvist

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104. Decoding Software: Learning Through Experience - with Shawn Wildermuth

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103. Integrating AI in C#: Trade-offs and Best Practices - with Panu Oksala

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102. Low-Code Development with the Evolving Power Platform and AI Tools - with Keith Atherton

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101. From Minicomputers to Cloud Computing: How Technology Shapes Our World - with Rocky Lhotka

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100. Blending Comedy and Code: From Young Programmer to Conference Entertainer - with Rendle

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99. Azure DevOps vs. GitHub: The Evolving Cloud Development Ecosystem - with Wesley Noordam

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98. Christmas Special: Looking back at 2024 - with Rick & Oscar

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97. Data Visualization and Business Intelligence: Bridging the Gap - with Valerie Junk

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96. The Evolving Craft of Frontend Engineering: Balancing Complexity and Simplicity - with Stefan Judis

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95. From Dev Containers to OpenTelemetry: Mastering .NET Productivity - with Alex Thissen

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94. An AI Architect's Quest for Quality: Data, Governance, and Real-World Challenges - with Roelant Dieben

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93. The Rise of embodied AI in Real-World Applications - with Rene Schulte

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92. The Uno Platform: Unlocking Cross-Platform Potential - with Martin Zikmund

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91. Navigating the Complexities of Big Data Engineering - with Lisa Hoving

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90. From ASM to ARM: The evolution of Azure and the rise of Infrastructure as Code - with Rick and Oscar

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89. Azure Compute Unleashed: From Foundations to Future - A Journey with Rick and Oscar

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88. Hacking the future: Securing AI systems in the enterprise – with Gabrielle Davelaar

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87. Unlocking the secrets to Azure success - with Rick van den Bosch

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86. Power Platform, Blazor and beyond: Maintaining internal apps - with Sophie van den Akker

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85. From PHP to Azure: Navigating shifting tech landscapes - with Sander Molenkamp

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84. Comparing Terraform, Pulumi and Bicep: Infrastructure as code - with Sam Cogan

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83. Technology, process and people: Succeeding through digital evolution – with Karel Zikmund

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82. The constant evolution of IoT: How services and strategies are changing - with Pete Gallagher

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81. From APIs to natural language: The democratization of AI - with Henk Boelman

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80. Navigating microservices development: challenges and solutions - with Mark Heath

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79. Bits to Qubits: Exploring the promise and challenges of quantum computing - with Hanna Engel

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78. Demystifying AI: A real-world look at Copilot's capabilities and limitations in Power Platform - with Yannick Reekmans

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77. Securing the Cloud: A conversation on digital transformation and security best practices - with Jessey Johnson

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76. Protecting deals in the cloud: building security into every layer - with Oscar van Tol

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75. Cracking the code: A deep dive into data layer optimization - with Shay Rojansky

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74. AI's impact, potential, and pitfalls: Insights from a cloud visionary - with Sakari Nahi

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73. Inside the mind of a hacker: Learning to think like your adversaries - with Gerben van de Wiel

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72. Christmas special: Looking back at all the amazing episodes, guests and tech developments of 2023 - with Rick & Oscar

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71. Training AI models, the Microsoft Learn platform and entrepreneurship - with Sherry List

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70. The future of global Azure: Sharing knowledge and growing the community - with Rik Hepworth

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69. An introduction into the world of Endpoint Security and Intune - with Rudy Ooms

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68. Cloud Evolution: Insights on Azure's Past, Present and Future - with Magnus Mårtensson

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67. Beyond "If Statements": A Developer's Perspective on AI - with Willem Meints

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66. Developing critical thinking skills and choosing different technologies - with Laïla Bougriâ

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65. Mastering Azure Operations: The importance of Infrastructure as Code - with Wesley Haakman

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64. Tech Talk Times: Discussing technology, techniques and career - with Daniel Marbach

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63. The Future of Security Controls, CSPM tools and securing AI - with Sarah Young

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62. Empowering productivity: a Flowmance with Power Automate - with Azure McFarlane

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61. Beyond the code: Exploring the world of software due diligence - with Ferenc Németh

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60. How security is everywhere & the balance between legislation and innovation - with Scott Helme

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59. Enterprise Cloud Adoption and the AI Hype Cycle - with Eric Berg

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58. Accidental successful open source while being a consultant and managing different technologies - Jimmy Bogard

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57. Decoupling clients & APIs with HATEOAS - with Sander ten Brinke

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56. Building Drabble.social using Azure PaaS - with Bram de Buyser

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55. Azure Landing Zones, Cloud adoption framework and Infrastructure as Code - with Erwin Staal

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54. Cloud native and the Container landscape on Azure - with Daniel Paulus

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53. The simplification of deep technical knowledge & the benefits and drawbacks of ChatGPT - with Joe Carlyle

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52. Home automation and security done right (and wrong) - with Stephan van Rooij

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51. Minimal web API’s and API Management & learning by teaching - with Jonah Andersson

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50. Behind the scenes of Umbraco; modernization, infrastructure as code and the Azure ecosystem - with Morten Christensen

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49. Using Azure Container Apps, KEDA, Infrastructure as Code and ARM - with Eduard Keilholz

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48. Modern Workplace solutions; Microsoft Viva, Loop and Teams Premium & the Dutch Women in Tech initiative - with Femke Cornelissen

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47. End of the year special: Favorite podcast moments, tech developments & amazing guests - with Rick & Oscar

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46. Building robotics & Azure IoT - with Maria-Anastasia Moustaka

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45. End-to-End Testing with Playwright and the use of codegen - with Debbie O'Brien

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44. App modernization, cloud readiness and an agile model of cloud migration - with Rik Hepworth

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43. Serverless and Azure Functions, SaaS product Ably & creating Pixel art and retro games - with Marc Duiker

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42. Programming languages; from .NET and C# to JavaScript, from Python to Rust, and even Rockstar - with Dylan Beattie

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41. From closed-source to source-open to open-source & the essence of edutainment - with Scott Hanselman

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40. The future of Azure services & the benefits of being bilingual in Tech - with Frank Boucher

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39. Building modern tech solutions for everybody & the future of accessibility with Blazor- with Dennie Declercq

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38. Open source framework MVVM Light, Azure Static Web Apps & timekeeper.cloud - with Laurent Bugnion

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37. Programming with F#, the SAFE Stack initiative & Azure Container Apps - with Isaac Abraham

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36. The .NET ecosystem, learning journey & Tech Twitter and its do's and don'ts - with Lou Creemers

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35. Understanding and controlling AI, using NLP & the buzz around GPT-3 - with Eve Pardi

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34. Developer productivity and Azure native IaC things like Bicep, ARM and Deployment Stacks - with Henry Been

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33. Creating and using Twilio's products and integrations as a .NET developer - with Niels Swimberghe

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32. Working with Service Bus, Event Hubs, Event Grid, CloudEvents and Relay Service - with Clemens Vasters

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31. Improving your CI/CD pipeline & how everything boils down to software - with Sarah Lean

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30. Oh My Posh, Windows Phone & building an open culture - with Jan de Dobbeleer

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29. PowerShell, implementing Infrastructure as Code & succeed with Azure DevOps - with April Edwards

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28. Scaling, Azure Api Management & open source - with Tom Kerkhove

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27. Managed languages, 'the bang bang operator' & System.CommandLine - with Kathleen Dollard

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26. Innovation in technology and Azure services, and its effect on novel businesses - with John Lunn

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25. An in-depth exploration of .NET MAUI - with Maddy Montaquila

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24. Collecting Azure feedback, advocate of all new things & get certified - with Thomas Maurer

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23. Behind the scenes with a Microsoft Principal Program Manager and "the biggest party in the cloud" - with Brady Gaster

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22. Spotify Backstage, new tech features & making technology accessible - with Suzanne Daniels

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21. Front Matter, VS Code extensions & Pimp Your Own Device - with Elio Struyf

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20. Azure Digital Twins, security in IoT & ethical hacking - with Ramon de Rooij

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19. Festive Tech Calendar, CosmosDB & working as an Azure architect - with Gregor Suttie

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18. Load testing in the cloud with K6, the DevRel trend & enhancing accessibility - with Floor Drees

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17. UI/UX mistakes, misconceptions and best practices. And what about voice UI? - with Jessica Engström

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16. Creating Visual Studio extensions, implementing new features & Schema Store - with Mads Kristensen

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15. The perfect hybrid solution, helping ISVs & introverts and Geeks in IT' – with Mike Martin

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14. From panic attacks to public speaking, Static Webapps & building Lego - with Stacy Cashmore

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13. A journey into Microsoft Identity, Managed Identities and Azure Active Directory – with Christos Matskas

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12. Harnessing the power of webdevelopment with Blazor & Coding After Work - with Jimmy Engström

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11. Windows Azure, migrating secured systems & mixology - with Karl Ots

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10. Teaching developers & the importance of sharing knowledge, REST API and GraphQL - with Irina Scurtu

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9. Fluent Assertions, test styles and writing clean code – with Dennis Doomen

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8. GitHub, InnerSource and the benefits of an asynchronous and knowledge-sharing culture – with Martin Woodward

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7. Empowering developers as DevRel, boosting live coding and accessibility - with Salma Alam-Naylor

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6. Imposter Syndrome and using Cognitive Services to better understand the world - with Luce Carter

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5. From Pilates to back-end development and helping the open-source ecosystem - with Layla Porter

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4. The promise of Blazor and the benefits of sharing source code - with Jeff Fritz

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3. How to contribute to and help the tech community as a speaker, organizer and MVP - with Isidora Katanic

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2. Low code development and Fusion dev teams - with Luise Freese

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1. Xamarin Forms, .NET MAUI and the Community Toolkit - with Gerald Versluis

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0. The different Blockchain layers, some use cases and its programming languages - with Gerben van de Wiel

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