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Issue #518

Minimal APIs, EF Core, Tracing and AI

Covers REPR and typed results, EF Core tuning and rich domain models, plus OpenTelemetry, Redis rate limiting, JWT security, and local AI.

Jasen's top three picks

  1. 1
    Scaling Business Logic with Rules Engines

    blog.xeynergy.com

    Rules engines are worth a look when condition-heavy code starts hiding business policy in branches nobody wants to touch.

  2. 2
    The REPR Pattern in Minimal APIs: One Class, One Job

    medium.com

    REPR gives Minimal APIs a simple organizing rule without hauling in full MVC ceremony.

  3. 3
    Building High-Performance Minimal APIs with Typed Results in .NET Core

    c-sharpcorner.com

    Typed results keep Minimal APIs honest and improve tooling at the same time.

Editor's note

I kept this issue deliberately mixed, which is usually where the most useful combinations show up. The REPR pattern and typed results pieces are a nice pair if you’re refining Minimal API structure, and the OpenTelemetry articles bring practical observability from load testing through AI request tracing. I also liked the EF Core spread here, from raw performance tips to persisting a richer domain model without giving up your modeling standards.

Today's articles

Adding a Clone method to a C# record

meziantou.net

Adding a Clone method to a C# record When using records, creating a copy with with is concise: var sample = new Sample("meziantou"); _ = sample with { }; public record Sample(string Value); This works...

Topics: C#

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