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Honghao Wang

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Effortless Distributed Systems With .NET Aspire — Jason Taylor at JetBrains .NET Days Online 2025

At JetBrains .NET Days Online 2025, Jason Taylor — Microsoft MVP and Solutions Architect at Particular Software — delivered a live-coded, poll-driven session showing how .NET Aspire simplifies complex distributed system development.

His core message: Modern developer tools should make the complex feel effortless, allowing you to focus on delivering features users care about, rather than wrestling with setup, wiring, and boilerplate.

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The Philosophy of “Effortless”

Taylor opened with a defining statement:

> “Effortless doesn’t mean no effort. It means reducing friction and spending effort in the right places.”

> (02:03)

Key takeaway:

  • Remove the wrong kinds of work, not all work.
  • Shift focus to feature delivery over manual setup and integration.

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From Zero to Orchestrated in Minutes

Jason started with a fragile ASP.NET Core app, then:

  • Added .NET Aspire orchestration support.
  • Automatically gained:
  • Retry policies (Polly)
  • Service discovery
  • Health checks
  • Telemetry

> “When we added orchestration… we got lots of things for free… HTTP client resilience… using Polly to retry…” (10:16)

Result: Instant reliability without additional config or manual wiring.

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Revolutionizing the Developer Experience

Aspire’s local development workflow:

  • Single F5 press launches the entire system — ready to test and observe.
  • Eliminates “works on my machine” issues.
  • Ideal for new team members onboarding.

> “An excellent experience for a new developer… press F5, start learning.”

> (42:07)

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Live Database Migration Without the Pain

Audience vote: PostgreSQL > Azure SQL (14:27)

Steps Jason demonstrated:

  • Replace SQLite with PostgreSQL
  • Use Docker for containerization
  • Apply migrations
  • Enable service discovery

Benefit:

No more juggling startup projects — defaults handle discovery, health checks, resilience, and telemetry.

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Messaging Made Simple

Distributed messaging is traditionally complex. Jason showed:

  • Using NServiceBus abstraction.
  • Switching transports (RabbitMQ vs Azure Service Bus) with minimal code.
  • Retaining consistent local dev experience.

Audience chose RabbitMQ, change took seconds.

(22:45)

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Seamless Cloud Deployment

Final demo: Deploying the full system to Azure (42:39) using:

  • Azure Developer CLI (azd)
  • Aspire deployment manifest
  • Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline (audience-chosen)
  • Completed under 5 minutes

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Broader Takeaways

  • Service defaults cut boilerplate dramatically.
  • Transport abstractions ease switching infrastructure.
  • Unified deployment manifests keep source code as system truth.

> “Our C# app model became the source of truth… no Bicep, ARM, or Terraform.”

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The Bottom Line

> “Choose the right tools, remove the friction, and focus on what truly matters — delivering features that make an impact.”

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Bonus: Extending the Effortless Philosophy to Content Creation

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