233× Faster — No Raw SQL Required!

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/233-faster-no-raw-sql-required-cb5037346312

A Real-World EF Core Performance Challenge (and How to Crush It)

The Rise and Stall of .NET: How Microsoft’s Golden Child Lost to the Cool Kids

https://medium.com/@shubhiagarwal_71149/the-rise-and-stall-of-net-how-microsofts-golden-child-lost-to-the-cool-kids-317d6198bafa

Was it pride, platform wars, or just bad timing? Let’s unpack why .NET fell from the dev world’s spotlight.

Scaffold C# Console App

https://oofnivek.medium.com/scaffold-c-console-app-6e0fdbf1504f

Often than not that I need to scaffold a prototype console application but I’ve forgotten the syntax and every time I need to google for…

Blazor Just Got a Serious Upgrade in .NET 8 — But Most Devs Are Still Using It Like It’s 2020

https://medium.com/cloud-believers/blazor-just-got-a-serious-upgrade-in-net-8-but-most-devs-are-still-using-it-like-its-2020-81ec37643496

Did you know, for years, Blazor was that framework everyone wanted to love — but couldn’t quite commit to? It was slow. WebAssembly felt… Continue reading on Cloud Believers »

Why we built our startup in C#

https://isitvritra101.medium.com/why-we-built-our-startup-in-c-19d724dcc477

by Co-Founder & CTO of Tracebit

C# Events Are Powerful — But Here’s Where Most Developers Fail

https://medium.com/dot-net-sql-learning/c-events-are-powerful-but-heres-where-most-developers-fail-09ecd8dda243

Events in C# are a great feature that gives you the benefits of Loose Coupling and Reactive Programming. Whenever you want to update a UI… Continue reading on Dot Net, API & SQL Learning »

VS Code for C# Developers: Create, Run, and Debug Apps

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/vs-code-for-c-sharp-developers-create-run-and-debug-apps/

Learn to set up Visual Studio Code for C# development on macOS, create and run a simple C# console app, debug with breakpoints, and build .NET Core applications. Transition smoothly from Visual Studio…

How to Safely Concatenate Strings in C#

https://patilraviraj.medium.com/how-to-safely-concatenate-strings-in-c-4f4c1bdade5c

String concatenation is a common task in almost every C# application from building user messages to constructing dynamic SQL queries or…

MCP Servers in VS Code

The Silent Performance Killer in .NET:

https://medium.com/@deepanshuchauhan031/the-silent-performance-killer-in-net-07768ec89bb1

How ignoring a simple token in .NET can lead to wasted resources, poor performance, and invisible bugs you didn’t know you had. Continue reading on Stackademic »

Wait — Isn’t DbContext Already a Repository?

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/wait-isnt-dbcontext-already-a-repository-c1c1d2d9b5b4?source=rss——dotnet-5

The Real-World Case for the Repository Pattern in Clean Architecture & .NET 8 (with EF Core)

Smart Email Sorting – Auto-Sort & Move Emails to Sender-Based Folders

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/smart-email-sorting-create-move-emails-to-senderbased-folders-automatically

This Power Automate flow is designed to streamline email management by automatically creating folders for each sender and moving their emails into those folders.

Feature Flags in .NET Core with LaunchDarkly

https://medium.com/@iamrks/feature-flags-in-net-core-with-launchdarkly-53f14450dfac

Feature flags are a powerful technique to enable or disable application functionality without deploying new code. They allow for safer…

Cybersecurity Vulnerability Types: A Guide for .NET Developers

https://medium.com/@Adem_Korkmaz/cybersecurity-vulnerability-types-a-guide-for-net-developers-74cb96c91383

Common vulnerability types with detailed code examples Continue reading on DevOps.dev »

How Workleap uses .NET Aspire to transform local development

https://anthonysimmon.com/dotnet-aspire-at-workleap/

We built Leap, an opinionated, reliable CLI tool to distribute .NET Aspire to all Workleap developers. Continue reading on Workleap »

Background Processing in .NET: Hosted Services, Queues, and Workers Done Right

https://medium.com/@orbens/background-processing-in-net-hosted-services-queues-and-workers-done-right-5bf3504f7fcf?source=rss——dotnet-5

Introduction

A Friendly Guide to the Options Pattern in .NET

https://medium.com/@enabulelewilliams/a-friendly-guide-to-the-options-pattern-in-net-9964c569dfb5?source=rss——csharp-5

When you’re building apps in .NET, you’re going to deal with configuration, things like API keys, URLs, timeouts, feature flags, etc…