Bio
A developer who has seen it all, Don is a Microsoft MVP, author of “Transitioning to .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux” by O’Reilly Media, and currently a Director of Developer Experience at Red Hat, with a focus on Microservices and Serverless computing. Prior to Red Hat, Don was a Developer Advocate at Rackspace where he was immersed in cloud technology. He enjoys cooking and studying human behavior, and loathes the designated hitter rule.
Don’s overarching belief is this: “A program is not a communication between a developer and a machine; it’s a communication between a developer and the next developer.”
My Talks
Be Better Than (The) REST
Why settle for GET, PUT, POST and DELETE with REST, when you can give your methods *real* names like GetCustomerList or SendConfirmationEmail. gRPC not only does that, it is much faster than REST o...
I Can Run C# In Docker?
Docker is THE hot topic right now. .NET is open source. Does that mean they can work together?
Yes. Yes, it does. This session will teach you how to run a C# program in Docker.
Istio, kubernetes and microservices functionality
Spend four hours working with open source software in this browser-based workshop and gain the knowledge to implement a service mesh for your kubernetes pods. Learn microservice functionality such ...
Istio Service Mesh with kubernetes: Microservices 3.0
Like 'em or not, right or wrong, microservices are a hot topic. The technologies and architecture is maturing rapidly, and this talk introduces some of the latest goodness: Istio. A sidecar contain...
.NET, Linux and Microservices Architecture
Throw .NET, Linux, Microservices, zero-downtime deployments and the Circuit Breaker Pattern into a IT blender and this talk comes out.
.NET on Linux: Zero to Hero In Minutes
.NET is evolving. No longer limited to Windows, it can now be used on just about any platform. Spend 30 minutes and see how .NET can work on Linux and be a part of the future, where any developer c...
OpenWhisk: Serverless? How About VENDORLESS??!
Forget vendor lock in with AWS Lambda, Azure Functions or Google Serverless. With open source OpenWhisk, you can run your functions anywhere, on any cloud or on premises. Run on Linux or Windows (o...