Name: Chaos Monkeys, Open Telemetry, and .NET Aspire: Taming Complexity in Modern Apps
Start: 2026-02-04T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-04T20:00:00-05:00

**Chaos Monkeys, Open Telemetry, and .NET Aspire: Taming Complexity in Modern Apps**
.NET Aspire is far more than just a sleek dashboard for wowing your boss and co-workers. It's also a gateway to increased observability with open telemetry, better fault tolerance to fend off chaos monkeys, and a drastically improved onboarding experience for new developers.
This session will explore Microsoft's latest guidance for building distributed, cloud-first applications, with practical strategies for enhancing simpler existing apps. You'll discover the inner workings of Aspire, from installation to customization, and learn how it streamlines integration with performance boosters like Redis. Most importantly, you'll see why scalable microservices architectures can be challenging—and how Aspire helps simplify the journey.

**Presenter:** Lee Richardson, Microsoft MVP

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Lee is a Microsoft MVP and a prolific writer, speaker, and youtuber on .NET and open-source topics. He has been a consultant, writing code professionally in the DC Area for more than two decades.
 
He organizes the CapArea.NET user group and is a Solution Samurai at InfernoRed. When not coding he enjoys spending time with the family, running, mountain biking, electronics, smoking brisket, 3D printing, and woodworking. He is active on Blue Sky where you can reach him @leerichardson.com [https://bsky.app/profile/leerichardson.com](https://bsky.app/profile/leerichardson.com "https://bsky.app/profile/leerichardson.com")

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