Aaron Stannard on the Actor Model with Akka.NET | Part 1 - Episode 172

Azure DevOps Podcast

Episode | Podcast

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Jeffrey is joined by a deeply fascinating guest, Aaron Stannard! Aaron is the founder and CEO of Petabridge and Sdkbin, building open source tools for .NET developers to build concurrent and distributed applications. He’s also the founder of MarkedUp Analytics, a real-time in-app marketing and analytics service used by 1000+ developers, and has spent some time inside Microsoft as a Startup Developer Evangelist.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this conversation, Aaron shares the story of his career history up to this point in time, the creation of Akka.NET and Petabridge, and the problems that these projects aim to address.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Be sure to tune in next week for the second part of this interview with Aaron Stannard!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Topics of Discussion:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[:36] About</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Azure DevOps Podcast</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Clear Measure; the new video podcast</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Architect Tips</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">; and Jeffrey’s offer to speak at virtual user groups.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[1:15] About today’s episode with Aaron Stannard.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[1:54] Jeffrey welcomes Aaron to the podcast!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[3:42] Aaron shares his career history and journey.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[8:38] Aaron shares the story of Akka.NET.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[13:38] A word from</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Azure DevOps Podcast</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s sponsor: Clear Measure.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[14:11] Aaron continues the story of Akka.NET and explains what problems it addresses.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[19:19] Aaron shares how many lines of code was the first rev of Akka just to get the basics working.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[23:30] Be sure to tune in next week for the second and final part of the interview with Aaron Stannard!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Mentioned in this Episode:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://architecttips.clearmeasure.com/"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Architect Tips</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">— New video podcast!</span></p> <p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/services/devops/?&amp;OCID=AID736756_SEM_7eul5uID"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Azure DevOps</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.clear-measure.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clear Measure</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(Sponsor)</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/NET-DevOps-Azure-Developers-Architecture/dp/1484253426"> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way,</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Jeffrey Palermo</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">— Available on Amazon!</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/jeffrey-palermo/net-devops-for-azure-ebook-edition/ebook/product-24094762.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">bit.ly/dotnetdevopsebook</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">— Click here to download the</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.NET DevOps for Azure</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">ebook!</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ROXy08zc-qTA0-3GAQDLw"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Jeffrey Palermo’s YouTube</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/jeffreypalermo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Follow to stay informed about future events!</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.dotnetconf.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">.NET Conf</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://getakka.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Akka.NET</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://petabridge.com/bootcamp/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Akka.NET Bootcamp | Petabridge</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://petabridge.com/blog/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Petabridge Blog</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://aaronstannard.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aaron Stannard’s Website</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/Aaronontheweb"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aaron Stannard’s Twitter @Aaronontheweb</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Want to Learn More?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Visit</span> <a href="http://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">AzureDevOps.Show</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for show notes and additional episodes.</span></p>