The Idempotent Consumer Pattern in .NET (And Why You Need It)
Distributed systems don't fail cleanly: they retry, duplicate, and occasionally fail. Here's how to design resilient message handlers in .NET with bro...
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What's New in EF Core 10: LeftJoin and RightJoin Operators in LINQ
.NET 10 finally adds proper LeftJoin and RightJoin methods to LINQ, replacing the complex GroupJoin + DefaultIfEmpty pattern with clean, readable code...
The Interview Question That Changed How I Think About System Design
Discover how a simple interview question about report generation reveals the difference between optimizing code and designing scalable systems, and wh...
6 Steps for Setting Up a New .NET Project the Right Way
Learn how to properly set up a new .NET project with EditorConfig for code consistency, Directory.Build.props for centralized configuration, central p...
Building Fast Serverless APIs With Minimal APIs on AWS Lambda
Learn how to deploy ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs to AWS Lambda with just one library and a single line of code. We'll explore the setup process, measure ...
Using Stored Procedures and Functions With EF Core and PostgreSQL
Learn how to use PostgreSQL stored procedures and functions with EF Core to handle complex queries, atomic operations with locking, and database-speci...
Building Secure APIs with Role-Based Access Control in ASP.NET Core
Learn how to implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in ASP.NET Core with custom authorization handlers, permission-based policies, and clean exten...
Distributed Locking in .NET: Coordinating Work Across Multiple Instances
Learn how to coordinate work across multiple application instances with distributed locking in .NET, preventing race conditions in scaled-out systems....
Vertical Slice Architecture Is Easier Than You Think
Learn how Vertical Slice Architecture organizes .NET code by business features instead of technical layers, keeping related functionality together and...
Building Semantic Search with Amazon S3 Vectors and Semantic Kernel
Learn how to add semantic search to your website using Amazon S3 Vectors - a new vector database service that's 90% cheaper than alternatives. Complet...
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