AI DevOps Podcast Maddy Montaquila: .NET Update - Episode 386
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Jan 26, 2026 Maddy Montaquila, Senior Product Manager who’s worked on .NET MAUI, Xamarin, and developer tooling since 2018. She discusses .NET 10 and AI-focused features. She explains rebranding Aspire and its vision as a VS Code–like AI-assisted dev tool. She also covers onboarding with standardized environments, Aspire deployments and pipeline customization, and how coding agents integrate into workflows.
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Compose Deploy Pipelines From Reusable Steps
- Build pipeline steps in code and compose deploy pipelines from reusable steps instead of opaque deploy commands.
- Package and share custom steps so CI can run checks, tests, and notifications around deployments.
Keep C# App Host As The Human Source
- Do not check generated Bicep or other generated artifacts into source as the canonical source; keep the C# app host as the human source.
- Use generated Bicep for inspection and validation but generate it on the fly during deploys and CI runs.
MCP Gives Coding Agents Eyes And Hands
- Aspire adds an MCP (machine-control proxy) so coding agents get 'eyes' and control over local resources, logs, and commands.
- Coding agents can request logs, execute start/stop commands, and wield the full stack for local iteration and testing.