MediatR for C# and .NET Articles, Tutorials & News
MediatR for C# and .NET articles, tutorials, and news from the DotNetNews archive.
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Vertical Slice Architecture in C# (.NET 8): A Complete Guide with Production-Ready Examples
medium.com Issue #493
If you like feature-first organization, this is a good production-minded vertical slice walkthrough with familiar CQRS and MediatR tradeoffs.
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Validation with MediatR Pipeline Behavior and FluentValidation in .NET 10
codewithmukesh.com Issue #471
MediatR pipeline validation with FluentValidation, centralized command validation in .NET 10 applications.
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Moving Beyond MediatR: Implementing Cross-Cutting Concerns with Native .NET Dependency Injection
medium.com Issue #462
This should resonate with teams reconsidering MediatR and looking for lighter-weight cross-cutting approaches in native DI.
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Wolverine Idioms for MediatR Users
jeremydmiller.com Issue #382
Useful guidance for MediatR users evaluating Wolverine without treating it like a drop-in clone.
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MediatR Implementation: The Industry-Standard Way to Build Serious .NET APIs
nelsonyounus.medium.com Issue #356
A solid refresher on why MediatR and middleware still matter in real APIs.
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CQRS Pattern in .NET with MediatR — A Complete Guide
malshikay.medium.com Issue #287
A CQRS and MediatR guide that covers the command/query split in practical .NET terms.
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Refactoring A Modular Monolith Without MediatR in .NET
antondevtips.com Issue #265
MediatR removal is interesting because it forces a conversation about complexity, boundaries, and whether the abstraction still earns its keep.
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Modern MediatR Library in .NET Core 9.0
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #242
MediatR in .NET 9 is a good fit for folks comparing request pipelines and handler-based composition.
MediatR C# from the DotNetNews archive, curated for .NET developers who already ship production code. This is a reading list pulled from daily issues, not a substitute for the official docs on MediatR for C# and .NET.
Use Start here for the editorial shortlist, then browse Latest or the full archive when you need more depth. Coverage leans toward MediatR C#, MediatR .NET, mediator pattern C#. Recent pieces worth opening: “CQRS Without MediatR: A Lightweight Approach for Modern .NET Applications” and “Building AI-Powered Database Query Optimization Advisors with ASP.NET Core”.
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Build Your Own CQRS Dispatcher in .NET 10 (No MediatR)codewithmukesh.com Issue #434
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5 New VS Code Features for Smarter Agentsyoutube.com Issue #414
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.NET CQRS Architecture Without MediatR: Your Exit Plan Is Simpler Than You Think ⚡arg-software.medium.com Issue #402
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CQRS Without MediatR: A Lightweight Approach for Modern .NET Applications
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #494
Implement CQRS in .NET without MediatR for a simpler, more maintainable, and easily debuggable architecture. Focus on core principles.
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Vertical Slice Architecture in C# (.NET 8): A Complete Guide with Production-Ready Examples
medium.com Issue #493
A deep dive into Vertical Slice Architecture in C# with .NET 8, real-world API design, CQRS, MediatR, and production-ready code examples.
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How to Structure Production Apps with Vertical Slice Architecture in .NET in 2026
antondevtips.com Issue #476
A practical guide to structuring vertical slices in .NET projects. Learn the file-per-concern slice layout, manual handlers without MediatR, Minimal APIs via IApiEndpoint, Result , FluentValidation,
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Validation with MediatR Pipeline Behavior and FluentValidation in .NET 10
codewithmukesh.com Issue #471
Validate MediatR commands centrally in the pipeline with FluentValidation and IExceptionHandler in ASP.NET Core .NET 10 - clean handlers, one Problem Details response.
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Moving Beyond MediatR: Implementing Cross-Cutting Concerns with Native .NET Dependency Injection
medium.com Issue #462
For years, the MediatR package has been a default inclusion in almost every new .NET project template. It is frequently hailed as the gold…
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C# .NET — Upgrading a Mediator Pipeline Project with Kiro Spec-First
medium.com Issue #438
Upgrading a MediatR project to .NET 10 with Kiro IDE: testing the spec-first workflow to see how it performs and my overall impressions.
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Build Your Own CQRS Dispatcher in .NET 10 (No MediatR)
codewithmukesh.com Issue #434
MediatR went commercial. Build your own CQRS dispatcher in .NET 10 with pipeline behaviors, AOT support, and a FrozenDictionary core that benchmarks 4x faster than MediatR.
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Implementing CQRS Pattern and MediatR in .NET
medium.com Issue #417
In traditional software architectures, for many years, data reading and writing operations were carried out through the same data models…
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5 New VS Code Features for Smarter Agents
youtube.com Issue #414
AutoMapper 16.1 and MediatR 14.1 Released
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.NET CQRS Architecture Without MediatR: Your Exit Plan Is Simpler Than You Think ⚡
arg-software.medium.com Issue #402
You’ve been paying a framework tax for years. Here’s how to stop — and build something reliable in an afternoon.
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Wolverine Idioms for MediatR Users
jeremydmiller.com Issue #382
The Wolverine community fields a lot of questions from people who are moving to Wolverine from their previous MediatR usage. A quite natural response is to try to use Wolverine as a pure drop in repla...
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Practical Experience: Migrating an Old .NET Project with GitHub Copilot Agent
medium.com Issue #359
Learn how GitHub Copilot Agent helped migrate a .NET CQRS project to MediatR with async/await support with unit tests
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MediatR Implementation: The Industry-Standard Way to Build Serious .NET APIs
nelsonyounus.medium.com Issue #356
Mastering ASP.NET Core Middleware — How Every Request Flows
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Solving Logging as a Cross-Cutting Concern with MediatR in .NET 9
medium.com Issue #339
A 3-Part Enterprise Guide to Clean, Scalable, Centralized Logging
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We Can Finally Publish Notifications in Parallel with MediatR (and Not Regret It)
medium.com Issue #331
If you want the full source code, join our community: Here
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AutoMapper 15.1 and MediatR 13.1 Released
jimmybogard.com Issue #323
Starting a new policy of regular quarterly releases, today I pushed out new versions of AutoMapper and MediatR: * AutoMapper 15.1.0 Release Notes * MediatR 13.1.0 Release Notes The previous versions r...
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Solve Logging as a Cross-Cutting Concern with MediatR in .NET 9 (Clean, Composable, Copy-Paste)
medium.com Issue #318
Logging shouldn’t leak into every handler like glitter after a craft project. Use MediatR pipeline behaviors to keep logging centralized…
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How To Implement Validation With MediatR And FluentValidation | Clean Architecture, DDD, .NET
medium.com Issue #316
Validation isn’t glamorous — but it’s the guardian of your system’s integrity. It keeps invalid data from creeping into your domain…
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7 Practical Steps to Validation with MediatR + FluentValidation (Clean Architecture, .NET 9)
medium.com Issue #303
You don’t need a cathedral of abstractions to validate requests. With MediatR and FluentValidation, you get clean, centralized validation…
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Custom CQRS Without the Mediator: Building a Clean, Extensible Pipeline
medium.com Issue #297
The recent announcement about MediatR adopting a commercial license model for larger companies has prompted many teams to re-evaluate its…
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CQRS Pattern in .NET with MediatR — A Complete Guide
malshikay.medium.com Issue #287
Simplifying commands and queries in .NET using MediatR
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CQRS ≠ MediatR
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #277
Demystifying CQRS and MediatR in .NET! Learn the difference between Command Query Responsibility Segregation and MediatR, with practical examples. Use them right!
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From Lost Events to Reliable Systems: Outbox + MassTransit in .NET 9
medium.com Issue #276
Imagine this: your service writes a critical order to the database. You breathe a sigh of relief — the transaction committed successfully…
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Refactoring A Modular Monolith Without MediatR in .NET
antondevtips.com Issue #265
MediatR is one of my favourite libraries in .NET, I have been using it for 5+ years in production. Now I am removing it from my projects Continue reading on CodeX »
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CQRS ≠ MediatR
jaykrishnareddy.medium.com Issue #256
CQRS is an architectural pattern. MediatR is just a library.