J. Tower jtower.com

Events

J. is an internationally recognized speaker and event organizer, invited to speak at conferences and meetups all across the US and around the world. He brings real-world expertise in .NET, cloud architecture, and AI to developer communities everywhere, and he founded Trailhead, as well as the Beer City Code developer conference in his hometown. You can view his full speaker profile on Sessionize.

Upcoming

KCDC 2026

Avoidifying Over-Complexification: Rooting Out Over-Engineering in Your Projects

Old API, New Tricks: Add MCP to Existing .NET REST Endpoints

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Past

CodeMash 2026

Layers Are for Lasagna: Embracing Vertical Slice Architecture

Mission-Critical Code: What NASA’s Power of Ten Can Teach Us

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KCDC 2025

Cache Me If You Can: Supercharging .NET APIs with Caching

‘Why Did They Do It Like That?’ and Other Mysteries of Teams Without ADRs

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CodeMash 2025

Avoidifying Over-Complexification: Rooting Out Over-Engineering in Your Projects

Is Everyone AI-ing Without Me? A .NET Developers Guide to Development with AI

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dev up 2024

Is Everyone AI-ing Without Me? A .NET Developers Guide to Development with AI

Don’t Build a Distributed Monolith: How to Avoid Doing Microservices Completely Wrong

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KCDC 2024

You've Been Organizing Your Code Wrong: A C# Developer's Intro to Vertical Slice Architecture

Don’t Build a Distributed Monolith: How to Avoid Doing Microservices Completely Wrong

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CodeMash 2024

Don’t Build a Distributed Monolith: How to Avoid Doing Microservices Completely Wrong

Rebuild your APIs Better, Strong, Faster with Minimal APIs

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TechBash 2023

Dotnet CLI or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Command Line

Improving Your Validation Game with Fluent Validation for .NET

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