1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 In this episode, we catch up with Damian Edwards at Microsoft Build! We talk about his journey from launching SignalR to shaping .NET Aspire, how performance became a core .NET culture shift, and what it's like being in the room for some of the biggest moments in .NET history. He shares behind-the-scenes stories from the early days of ASP.NET, how Aspire is simplifying cloud-native dev, and even gives us his thoughts on lightsabers, Blazor, and Blu-rays. It’s a deep dive into code, performance, and a galaxy not so far away. Guest: 🎤 Damian Edwards – Principal Architect for .NET at Microsoft Topics Discussed: How SignalR started as a moonlighting project The evolution of .NET performance culture What makes Aspire a game-changer for cloud-native apps Lessons learned from building Blazor and Razor Scaling real-time systems (and yes, Halo used SignalR) How Aspire smooths out local dev and onboarding Thoughts on AI, accessibility, and the future of developer tooling Star Wars hot takes (spoiler: no Kyber crystals required) Building custom PCs and chasing that perfect dev setup Links: https://github.com/dotnet/aspire https://frame.work/&amp;nbsp; https://bsky.app/profile/damianedwards.com &amp;nbsp; Catch us at Build and beyond! 🎧 Don’t forget to subscribe to the Coding After Work podcast for more conversations like this one. A huge thanks to Daniel Hindrikes, who helped with mixing the podcast. Coding After Work Podcast http://codingafterwork.libsyn.com/podcast <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/36953250/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/189503105