ASP.NET Core, EF Core, and Dapper pitfalls
This issue covers API tuning, EF Core 10 query filters, Dapper index traps, YARP gateways, and .NET tooling updates for real projects.
Jasen's top three picks
- 1 dotNetDave Says… Rushing into Coding Without Proper Planning Will Lead to Costly Mistakes and Delays
dotnettips.wordpress.com
A reminder that rushing into code is how teams buy technical debt before the first commit.
- 2 Top 10 Software Development Trends in 2026 | Facile Technolab
faciletechnolab.com
Good production guidance here on squeezing more from ASP.NET Core APIs without hand-waving.
- 3 Building High-Performance APIs with ASP.NET Core: A Practical Guide for Production
blog.stackademic.com
The Dapper and EF Core pieces are the kind of subtle data-layer articles that save hours later.
Editor's note
I curated a pretty practical mix this time: planning and architecture, performance, and the data-access gotchas that can quietly bite teams. The Dapper SQL Server index trap and the EF Core global query filters piece are especially worth a close read because both can change how your app behaves under load.
Today's articles
dotNetDave Says… Rushing into Coding Without Proper Planning Will Lead to Costly Mistakes and Delays
dotnettips.wordpress.com
Effective software projects require thorough planning and architecture before coding begins. Skipping these steps often leads to costly mistakes, delays, and technical debt. A strong foundation improv...
Topics: Clean Architecture Solid Principles
Read articleTop 10 Software Development Trends in 2026 | Facile Technolab
faciletechnolab.com
Discover the Top 10 Software Development Trends in 2026. AI-native development, edge computing, DevSecOps, cloud-native strategies, sustainability, and practical steps to future-proof your software.
Topics: .NET 10 Performance
Read articleBuilding High-Performance APIs with ASP.NET Core: A Practical Guide for Production
blog.stackademic.com
Modern applications live and die by API performance. Slow endpoints increase infrastructure costs, reduce scalability, and hurt user… Continue reading on Stackademic »
Topics: ASP.NET Core Performance
Read articleHow C# Strings Silently Kill Your SQL Server Indexes in Dapper
consultwithgriff.com
A common Dapper pattern that causes SQL Server to ignore your indexes and scan entire tables.
Topics: Dapper Performance SQL Server
Read articleDemystifying Workflows with Microsoft Agent Framework
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Creating case-sensitive folders on Windows using C#
Topics: GitHub Copilot OpenAI Visual Studio Code
Read articleSplitting the NetEscapades.EnumGenerators packages: the road to a stable release
andrewlock.net
In this post I describe the recent architectural changes to the NetEscapades.EnumGenerators package, which is now a metapackage, to support more scenarios
Topics: .NET 10 .NET 9 Source Generators
Read articleHow to Generate OTP in C#
c-sharpcorner.com
Learn how to generate OTP (One-Time Password) in C# using both basic and secure methods. Implement secure authentication and verification in your applications.
Topics: ASP.NET Core Authentication Security
Read articleYARP as API Gateway in .NET: 7 Real-World Scenarios You Should Know
antondevtips.com
Master YARP as an API Gateway for your .NET microservices. This guide covers routing, load balancing, centralized security and authentication, path rewriting, Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) patterns, rate
Topics: ASP.NET Core Authentication Azure
Read articleDemystifying .NET
shadhujan.medium.com
The Missing Manual for password security, understanding CPU vs. I/O-bound work, and why your password verification is pure synchronous…
Topics: Authentication Performance Security
Read articleGlobal Query Filters in EF Core - Soft Delete, Multi-Tenancy & Named Filters in .NET 10
codewithmukesh.com
Master global query filters in EF Core 10 with named filters, soft delete, multi-tenancy, IgnoreQueryFilters, and performance tips.
Topics: .NET 10 EF Core Performance
Read articleFullJoin in .NET 11 - potentially
steven-giesel.com
We have Join. We have LeftJoin. We have RightJoin. But somehow we still don't have a proper full outer join in LINQ. That might come soon!
Read article5 New VS Code Features for Smarter Agents
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AutoMapper 16.1 and MediatR 14.1 Released
Topics: GitHub Copilot OpenAI Visual Studio Code
Read articleHands On: Building an MCP Server with VS Code AI Toolkit's New Tool Catalog
visualstudiomagazine.com
Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now lets developers scaffold a working MCP server in minutes. Here's what that looks like in practice -- including the parts that don't work, and a simpler...
Topics: ASP.NET Core OpenAI Visual Studio Code
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