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Anna Hoffman is a Principal Group Product Manager for Azure Data on Microsoft's SQL Engineering team, where she works across SQL Server, Azure SQL, and SQL database in Fabric. She is also the host of Data Exposed, Microsoft's video series covering the data platform. Anna holds an engineering degree from Georgia Tech along with a master's degree in data science, and started her career as a data and applied scientist before moving into product management. She continues to blog regularly for the Azure SQL Devs' Corner. You can find her on GitHub and on X at @AnalyticAnna.

Anna's Devblogs - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/author/antho/
Anna's Github - https://github.com/amthomas46
X Account - https://x.com/analyticanna 
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amthomas46/
What's New Across Microsoft
Microsoft SQL Server Blog Author Page
Azure SQL Devs' Corner Author Page
Data Exposed (YouTube playlist, 500 episodes)
Azure SQL YouTube channel
"The Era of the Agentic Database Developer" (Build 2026 recap)
"What's new across Microsoft SQL in 2026 so far" (mid-year recap)

MSSQL extension roadmap - https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-mssql/wiki/roadmap
GitHub Copilot Agent Mode in SSMS - https://learn.microsoft.com/ssms/github-copilot/agent-mode

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:
Episode 160 - https://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/azure-sql-database-with-anna-hoffman-episode-160
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Mark Seemann is a self-employed programmer and software architect based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the author of Code That Fits in Your Head and Dependency Injection Principles, Practices, and Patterns. He is widely known throughout the .NET community for his ploeh blog, which he has maintained for years, writing about software architecture, test-driven development, and functional programming. He shares his work and insights on GitHub and X as @ploeh, and can also be found on LinkedIn. Mark previously joined the show for Episode 189, "Code That Fits In Your Head."

Ploeh - https://blog.ploeh.dk/
Guthub Ploeh - https://github.com/ploeh
X Ploeh - https://x.com/ploeh
LinkedIn Ploeh - https://dk.linkedin.com/in/ploeh
The AI Code Quality Maintainability Gap - https://www.gitclear.com/the_ai_code_quality_maintainability_gap
Sam Harris Podcast - https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/487-is-ai-already-conscious

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:
Episode 189 - http://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/mark-seemann-code-that-fits-in-your-head-episode-189

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Today's guest is a true heavyweight in the .NET open-source world — someone whose work has quietly, but profoundly, shaped the way countless developers build software. Jimmy Bogard is the creator and maintainer of two very popular OSS libraries in the .NET ecosystem: AutoMapper and MediatR. If you've ever tried to simplify object mapping or decouple application logic, chances are you've used his tools. Based in Austin, Texas, Jimmy is an independent software consultant and a 15+ year recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award — every year since 2009.

AutoMapper alone has been around for 17 years and racked up hundreds of millions of downloads. It started as a personal tool to streamline development for client projects and grew into a global standard for object mapping.

Github eShop - https://github.com/jbogard/eShop
Jimmy's Github - https://github.com/jbogard
AutoMapper Github - https://github.com/AutoMapper/AutoMapper/releases
AutoMapper Nuget - https://www.nuget.org/packages/automapper/
MediatR Nuget - https://www.nuget.org/packages/MediatR
MediatR Github - https://github.com/jbogard/MediatR/releases
Jimmy's Website - https://www.jimmybogard.com/
Jimmy's Website / AutoMapper - https://www.jimmybogard.com/automapper-and-mediatr-licensing-update/

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:
Episode 356 
Episode 264
Episode 98
Episode 11
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John Bristowe brings over 20 years of experience in technology to his role as Developer Advocate at Octopus Deploy. His career includes time at Progress and Microsoft, where he developed his skills in management and technology. Known for a straightforward and engaging style, John often speaks at industry conferences, sharing practical tips and insights. John is a HashiCorp Ambassador and part of the Progress Champions program.

He enjoys creating content such as articles, webinars, and podcasts, aiming to help others in the tech community. In his free time, John likes to stay informed about the latest tech developments and shares his learning with an online audience. His approach is always about sharing knowledge and learning together.
 LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbristowe/ 
Sessionize Link - https://sessionize.com/john-bristowe/
Octopus Roadmap - roadmap.octopus.com
Octopus Blog - https://octopus.com/blog/code-review-is-theater-now
I Love Lucy Reference - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnHiAWlrYQc

Previous Appearances on the Azure & DevOps Podcast:
https://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/john-bristowe-the-latest-from-octopus-deploy-episode-368

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Blake Caraway is the General Manager of Texas Multi-Chem, Ltd., a Texas Hill Country company where he has spent over a decade transforming daily operations through technology. With a degree in Computer Information Systems from Southwest Texas State University, Blake began his career as a Programmer Analyst at Dell Technologies, then moved into software architecture at Callaway Golf. He later joined Headspring Systems in Austin, which was later acquired by Accenture, as a Principal Consultant, where he led agile software projects, shaped client-facing architecture, and helped grow the consulting practice. Blake brought that software experience back to his hometown of Kerrville, Texas, where he now leads Texas Multi-Chem — a preeminent sports field contractor of Texas. Blake is using technology to improve internal operations one business process as a time. 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakecaraway/

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