{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"SignalR, Aspire, and No Kyber Crystals with Damian Edwards","description":"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\u2019s a deep dive into code, performance, and a galaxy not so far away. Guest: \ud83c\udfa4 Damian Edwards \u2013 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! \ud83c\udfa7 Don\u2019t 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. ","author_name":"Coding After Work Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/codingafterwork.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/189503105"}