Name: Chaos Monkeys, Open Telemetry, and .NET Aspire: Taming Complexity in Modern Apps
Start: 2025-03-11T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-11T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Marathon Consulting

**IN PERSON ONLY. NO VIRTUAL OPTION. Come on out, network, and learn something!**

Join us for another great meeting! Come at 6pm to network and have conversations with fellow attendees. The meeting presentation starts around 6:15 pm.

**Abstract:**
.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.

Kevin Griffin

Hampton Roads .NET Users Group

.NET Foundation

Issuetrak

Swift Kick

Marathon Consulting

Technology

Xamarin

SQL Server

Web Technology

Mobile Development

Web Development

Software Development

Computer Programming

ASP.NET

.NET

Microsoft

JavaScript

Lee is a Microsoft MVP and a prolific writer, speaker, and youtuber on .Net and open source topics. He has published over 100 posts to his personal blog (leerichardson.com) that have received more than half a million views since 2007. His "Code Hour" YouTube channel (youtube.com/leerichardson200) has attracted over 1,000 subscribers who have collectively consumed over 6,000 hours of his content. StackOverflow ranks him as a top 2% contributor. He has published dozens of articles to CodeProject with an average article rating of 4.96/5. Throughout his two decades of software development consulting in the DC area he has spoken scores of times at code camps, conferences, and user groups. He created the Siren of Shame (sirenofshame.com), and is a Solution Samurai at InfernoRed (http://infernoredtech.com). When not coding he enjoys running, mountain biking, smoking brisket, electronics, 3D printing, and woodworking. He is active on twitter where you can reach him @lprichar (twitter.com/lprichar).

Lee Richardson