AI DevOps Podcast

Brady Gaster is a Principal PM Architect at GitHub, where he works on Apps, Agents, MIDI, and most notably, Squad — an open-source framework for orchestrating AI agent teams with GitHub Copilot. A longtime contributor to the .NET ecosystem, Brady previously served as Principal Program Manager on the .NET and Visual Studio team, leading work on SignalR, Orleans, microservices, and HTTP APIs.

He is the co-creator of Squad, which allows developers to define a team of specialized AI agents that collaborate on real engineering work.

When he's not building developer tools, Brady enjoys making music in his basement with synthesizers and guitars, and spending time with his two sons.

Website / Blog: https://bradygaster.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/bradygaster
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradygaster/
Twitter/X: @bradygaster

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:
Episode 102 — Brady Gaster on SignalR and More 
Episode 221 — Brady Gaster: Orleans 
Episode 295 — Brady Gaster: .NET Cloud Native 
Episode 331 — Brady Gaster: Upgrading .NET apps 

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Matthew Renze is an AI researcher, consultant, and author, and the founder of Renze Consulting, where he has trained over 500,000 software developers and IT professionals worldwide. He has delivered over 200 keynotes, presentations, and workshops on every continent — including Antarctica — for clients ranging from tech startups to Fortune 500 companies. A nine-time Microsoft MVP in AI, Matthew is also the president of the Renze AI Research Institute, where he studies how self-reflecting large language model agents improve problem-solving performance, trustworthiness, and value alignment. Most recently he was accepted into the Doctor of Engineering program at Johns Hopkins University, and he featured as an interview subject in the 2026 documentary "AI Everywhere."

Website: https://matthewrenze.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewrenze/
Twitter/X: @matthewrenze
GitHub: https://github.com/matthewrenze (via profile links)

Our OpenClaw agent ("Bob") - Bob's website: https://bobrenze.com/
- Bob's blog: https://blog.bobrenze.com/
- Bob's book: https://a.co/d/014kieQI
- Agent ranking site: https://agentfolio.io/

Stage 1 - Communicating in steps with an AI assistant
- ChatGPT - https://chatgpt.com/
- Claude Chat - https://claude.ai/

Stage 2 - Collaborating on tasks with an AI agent
- GitHub Copilot - https://github.com/features/copilot
- Claude Code - https://claude.com/product/claude-code
- OpenAI Codex - https://openai.com/codex/

Stage 3 - Supervising processes with an agentic workflow
- LangChain / LangGraph - https://www.langchain.com/langgraph
- Microsoft Agent Workflows - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/agent-framework/workflows/

Stage 4 - Managing a project with an autonomous agent
- OpenClaw: https://openclaw.ai/
- Hermes: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/

Stage 5 - Leading a mission with an autonomous agency
- PaperClip AI: https://paperclip.ing/

Fireworks AI: https://fireworks.ai/

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Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:

Episode 44 — Matthew Renze on Data Science for Developers https://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/matthew-renze-on-data-science-for-developers-episode-44

Episode 220 — Matthew Renze: Developing Your AI Strategy https://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/matthew-renze-developing-your-ai-strategy-episode-220

Episode 249 — Matthew Renze: AI Ethics https://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/ai-ethics-with-matthew-renze-episode-249

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Tamir Dresher is a Principal Engineer at Microsoft Threat Protection, where he focuses on scaling AI agent systems and distributed architectures, bringing over 15 years of experience building large-scale distributed systems. He is the co-creator of Squad, an open-source multi-agent runtime for GitHub Copilot that orchestrates AI teams directly inside your repository. Tamir is the author of "Rx.NET in Action" (Manning) and "Hands-On Full-Stack Web Development with ASP.NET Core" (Packt), and has been a lecturer in Software Engineering at the Ruppin Academic Center since 2013. A prominent figure in the Israeli and international developer communities, he is a Microsoft MVP alumnus who speaks frequently at global conferences and writes actively on his blog at tamirdresher.com.
Website / Blog - https://www.tamirdresher.com/ 
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamirdresher/
GitHub: https - //github.com/tamirdresher
Twitter/X - @tamir_dresher
Blog Post - https://www.tamirdresher.com/blog/2026/05/24/squad-watch-extensions-customer-success
Github - https://github.com/bradygaster/squad

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Erik Darling makes your database faster in exchange for money. He is a DBA, developer, and architect with a track record of tackling even the most challenging of technical issues. He runs a SQL Server Consulting and Coaching practice. In addition to his consulting services, he is also passionate about blogging, training, and contributing to open-source projects that help with SQL Server troubleshooting. He's given many public speaking engagements on the topic at conferences and events around the world, like PASS Summit and SQLBits.

Website - https://erikdarling.com/
Twitter - https://x.com/erikdarlingdata
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ErikDarlingData
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/darling-data/
LinkedIn 2 - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-darling-data/
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@darling.data
BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/erikdarling.com

Trainings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeYBdghaIjc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-l2PxUidI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uikbtpVZS2s
https://db.cs.cmu.edu/seminar2022/

Previous Guest on the Azure DevOps Podcast: 
Episode 315 – Erik Darling: Database Technical Debt 

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Chris Woodruff, or as his friends call him, Woody, is a software architect of over 25 years. Woody loves software engineering, especially allowing applications and services to communicate across networks and through Web APIs. He has received Microsoft MVP awards in SQL, Data and C# in the past, along with multiple years of being awarded the AWS Community Builder Award. He's a current board member of the .NET Foundation Woody lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he explores the many breweries in West Michigan and travels with his family. Woody is also a long-time bourbon fan and loves hunting for whiskey bottles.

Website - https://woodruff.dev/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriswoodruff/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/cwoodruff
Simplicity-First Website - https://simplicity-first.dev/

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:

Episode 262 - Chris "Woody" Woodruff: Network Programming https://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/chris-woody-woodruff-network-programming-episode-262

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