Betatalks the podcast

About Betatalks the podcast

Welcome to Betatalks the podcast, in which we talk with friends from the development community. We chat not only about technology, but what drives them, inspires them and makes them unique. Rick (Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft) and Oscar (CTO at Virtual Vaults), invite developers, makers, Open Source maintainers and other amazing people from the .NET and Azure development community. Looking for more content? Have a look at our Betatalks video's (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCLCtgDNNiJR_LDx6RT8X50VrKAH3_49B).

Publisher

Betabit

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Mar 2021

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

140 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   138. Beyond Vibe Coding: Jesse Houwing on Building Better Software with AI.

   What does it take to trust AI with a complex codebase—not just a quick prototype? Jesse Houwing, GitHub Star, Microsoft DevOps MVP, and trainer at Xebia, joins us to share how he uses Copilot to investigate difficult bugs, improve the PowerShell Analyzer, and turn everyday frustrations into working tools. We discuss managing Copilot costs at scale, why AI can struggle with new APIs and undocumented company knowledge, and how developers can tell useful AI-generated code from convincing-...

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   137. New Betatalks the Podcast Episodes Coming - with Rick & Oscar

   New episodes coming, stay tuned! About Betatalks: watch our podcast videos and follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn.

3. 

   10 Aug 2026

   136. Green Software: Building More Sustainable Systems - with Wilco Burggraaf

   Host Rick and Oscar interview Wilco Burggraaf, exploring how sustainable software design reduces digital waste and improves performance, offering practical insights for greener systems.

Who has been a guest on Betatalks the podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Wilco Burggraaf
• Carina de Vries
• Burke Holland
• Ronald Veth
• Vincent Baaij

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

4.9 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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