Options Pattern Validation in ASP.NET Core With FluentValidation
Elevate your ASP.NET Core configuration with FluentValidation integration that catches configuration errors at startup, preventing silent failures and...
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Streamlining .NET 9 Deployment With GitHub Actions and Azure
Build a robust, automated CI/CD pipeline for .NET 9 applications using GitHub Actions and Azure App Service to transform deployments from stressful ev...
Better Request Tracing with User Context in ASP.NET Core
Adding user context to request tracing in ASP.NET Core helps track issues and understand user behavior. This article shows how to implement middleware...
Introduction to Dapr for .NET Developers
Explore how Dapr helps .NET developers build better microservices with standardized building blocks, practical code examples, and seamless integration...
Building a Better MediatR Publisher With Channels (and why you shouldn't)
Discover why MediatR's notification publishers block your application, and explore a Channel-based solution before reaching for a message queue.
Understanding Cursor Pagination and Why It's So Fast (Deep Dive)
Cursor-based pagination beats offset pagination as the pages get deeper. My tests show a 17x speedup on a million-record PostgreSQL dataset. Let's com...
Stop Conflating CQRS and MediatR
The .NET ecosystem has fused CQRS and MediatR together, and that shortcut leads teams into unnecessary complexity. They solve different problems. I'll...
Overriding Default HTTP Resilience Handlers in .NET
Configure the standard resilience handler globally and it overrides the custom pipeline you added for a single HttpClient. Here is the extension metho...
Implementing AES Encryption With C#
Learn how to implement secure AES encryption in C# to protect sensitive application data like API keys and passwords, with practical code examples cov...
Scaling Monoliths: A Practical Guide for Growing Systems
A well-designed monolith can scale remarkably well, despite industry trends pushing toward microservices. From database sharding to message queues, le...
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