Union Types, API Security, Durable Workflows
Covers C# 15 and .NET 11 benchmarks, ASP.NET Core API security and middleware, SQL vector search, NativeAOT, MAUI migration, and ETW diagnosis.
Jasen's top three picks
- 1 Benchmarking C# 15 Union Types in Real Applications
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Useful if you're trying to separate language novelty from measurable runtime cost.
- 2 Benchmarking HTTP Request Compression in .NET 11
c-sharpcorner.com
Good benchmark framing: bandwidth wins only matter if CPU and latency stay acceptable.
- 3 Benchmarking MCP C# SDK 2.0 Under Concurrent Tool Workloads
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Worth a look for anyone building AI tooling that has to survive real concurrency.
Editor's note
I kept this one deliberately mixed, which is exactly how I like these editions. The union types benchmark and the SQL Server vector search with EF Core piece both stand out because they test hot topics against production concerns instead of stopping at syntax or hype. I also liked the ETW diagnostics article for being practical, and the API security coverage is a good reminder that performance without guardrails is not enough.
Today's articles
Benchmarking C# 15 Union Types in Real Applications
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Benchmark C# 15 union types in real apps. Explore performance, allocations, boxing, and compare with interfaces for production readiness.
Topics: Benchmarking C# Performance
Read articleBenchmarking HTTP Request Compression in .NET 11
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Explore HTTP request compression in .NET 11 through practical benchmarks measuring bandwidth usage, CPU overhead, latency, and throughput across different compression scenarios.
Topics: Benchmarking .NET 10 Performance
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Benchmarking MCP C# SDK 2.0 Under Concurrent Tool Workloads
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Benchmark MCP C# SDK 2.0 for .NET AI apps. Measure latency, throughput, concurrency, and resource usage under realistic tool workloads.
Topics: Benchmarking C# OpenAI
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How Enterprise Applications Leverage ASP.NET Core Middleware to Handle Requests at Scale
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ASP.NET Core Middleware is key for enterprise apps, handling security, tracing, rate limiting, and fault tolerance at scale.
Topics: ASP.NET Core OpenTelemetry Web API
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SQL Server Vector Search: Benchmarking EF Core Workloads
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Benchmark SQL Server vector search with EF Core. Explore exact vs. approximate search, performance factors, and best practices for RAG.
Topics: EF Core Performance SQL Server
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Building Resilient Long-Running .NET Workflows with Durable Execution
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Build resilient long-running .NET workflows with AWS Lambda Durable Execution using checkpoints, callbacks, waits, retries, and recovery for reliable distributed processing.
Topics: Azure Functions Design Patterns
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Benchmarking C# Async Tail-Await Optimizations in .NET 11
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Benchmark C# async tail-await optimizations in .NET 11 to measure their impact on asynchronous execution, latency, throughput, allocations, and runtime performance.
Topics: Benchmarking C# Performance
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REST API Security Best Practices in ASP.NET Core
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It does not matter how clean your architecture is or how fast your queries run — if an attacker can read another user’s orders or forge a… Continue reading on CodeX »
Topics: ASP.NET Core REST API Security
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Database Performance in .NET
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In Part 1, I wrote about boundaries. In Part 2, I wrote about aggregates and invariants. In Part 3, I wrote about domain events. In Part 4…
Topics: EF Core Performance SQL Server
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The Lazy Engineer’s Blueprint
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Why I stopped re-deciding the same twenty things on every .NET Web API, the four-move contract, and the map of the whole series.
Topics: Clean Architecture Design Patterns Web API
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Securing ZIP-Based .NET Applications with Password-Protected Archives
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Explore password-protected ZIP archives in .NET and learn how to securely package, transfer, and protect application data using the latest ZIP security capabilities.
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Building DNS-Aware Failover Clients with .NET 11
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Build a DNS-aware failover client with .NET 11 that dynamically handles DNS changes, endpoint failures, recovery scenarios, and resilient service communication.
Topics: .NET 10 Performance REST API
Read articleBuilding Durable .NET Workflows with AWS Lambda Durable Execution
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Build resilient .NET workflows on AWS Lambda with Durable Execution. Manage state, retries, and long waits directly in C# code.
Topics: Azure Functions Design Patterns
Read articleBenchmarking Zstandard Compression in .NET Applications
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Benchmark Zstandard compression in .NET 11 apps. Compare speed, size, CPU, and memory against GZip & Brotli for optimal data handling.
Topics: Benchmarking .NET 10 Performance
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Migrating Xamarin to .NET MAUI: What I Learned the Hard Way as a Developer
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iOS surprises, a Bluetooth rabbit hole, and the navigation library that got a price tag overnight
Topics: .NET MAUI
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Your .NET API Works. But Is It Actually Production-Ready?
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A practical guide to taking an ASP.NET Core API from “it works on my machine” to something you can confidently deploy.
Topics: ASP.NET Core Security Web API
Read articleBenchmarking .NET 11 NativeAOT CLI Startup and Memory Usage
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Benchmark .NET 11 NativeAOT command-line applications against JIT deployments to compare startup time, memory consumption, execution performance, and deployment characteristics.
Topics: Benchmarking Native AOT Performance
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Reading ETW events and diagnosing production issues
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A practitioner’s guide to Event Tracing for Windows — from provider to root cause
Topics: .NET Core Performance Profiling
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