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.NET MAUI Community Standup: Rust, SkiaSharp Everywhere, AI/ML Live Processing

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David and Gerald are joined this month by Nick Kovalsky who will show us some amazing .NET MAUI things with Rust, SkiaSharp and drawn UI (also coming to Blazor?!) and AI live processing that he has be...

Microsoft is tightening restrictions on the use of unsafe code in C# - Techzine Global

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PENDING REVIEW: MICROSOFT ARTICLE UNRETRIEVABLE (INSUFFICIENT FULL TEXT). Microsoft is tightening restrictions on the use of unsafe code in C#    Techzine Global

BackgroundService exceptions now propagate in .NET 11

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Here's a bug that lived in .NET for over four years As in: Reported over 4 years ago . If your BackgroundService threw an exception after its first await , your host would catch it, log a critical mes...

ASP.NET Core Rate Limiting Best Practices for High-Traffic APIs

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Master ASP.NET Core rate limiting for high-traffic APIs. Protect against abuse, ensure stability, and optimize performance with best practices.

C#: Inheritance vs Composition — When to Use Each and Why AI Can't Decide for You

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Every C# developer eventually hits this question: should I use inheritance or composition here? And if you ask an AI — or search for articles online — you’ll get the standard answer: “favor compositio...

The Interval Is the Thing: Modelling Range Types as First-Class Domain Objects in .NET

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A complete solution: expressive range types in your domain layer, full PostgreSQL translation in your data layer — no compromises at…

Zstandard compression in .NET 11

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.NET has had DeflateStream , GZipStream , ZLibStream , and BrotliStream for a while now. In .NET 11, a new one joins the party: ZstandardStream . And now we get to say "Zstd" in .NET.

.NET Performance in Cloud: The Silent Killers Nobody Talks About

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Most .NET teams moving to the cloud assume performance will “just scale.”

CLAUDE.md for .NET Developers - Complete Guide with Templates

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Write the perfect CLAUDE.md for .NET projects: memory hierarchy, auto memory, AGENTS.md interop, and copy-paste templates. Updated for mid-2026.

20 Advanced Claude Code Tips for .NET Developers

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Twenty advanced Claude Code tips for .NET developers: context engineering, hooks, subagents, MCP, worktrees, and model selection to ship faster in 2026.

C#: Should This Be a Class, Record, Struct, or Interface?

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Every time you add a new type to a C# codebase, you face the same quiet decision: class, record, struct, or interface? And once you pick class , a second wave of questions arrives — should it be abstr...

Remove Nodes That Have a Greater Value on Their Right in a Linked List

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A linked list problem where nodes are removed if a greater value exists on their right side. The optimal solution uses list reversal and a greedy traversal with a running maximum to achieve O(n) time ...

The complete guide to mastering Dapper micro-ORM in .NET

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For developers who want to taste ORM but don't want to leave SQL either, Dapper is a perfect choice. Dapper runs SQL queries like ADO.NET but returns results as C# objects, like Entity Framework Core....

How to Structure Production Apps with Vertical Slice Architecture in .NET in 2026

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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,

Why Do Some Developers Build Maintainable Software While Others Keep Fixing Bugs?

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Most developers know C#.

Dynamic LINQ in Production: How I Built Runtime Query Parsing That Doesn’t Suck

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Building secure, performant dynamic LINQ expressions for enterprise applications

Propagating OpenTelemetry context in .NET

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When building distributed systems, maintaining observability across process boundaries is crucial for understanding the flow of requests through your application. OpenTelemetry provides a standard way...

Blazor - How to set a base component for all Razor components

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When building a Blazor application, you may want a custom base component for all your Razor components. This is useful for sharing common functionality like cancellation tokens, logging, or state mana...

Enhancing Code Reliability in .NET with TreatWarningsAsErrors

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Elevate .NET code reliability! Learn how ` ` transforms compiler warnings into errors, forcing developers to address potential issues early. Improve code quality and prevent runtime failures.

10 Potentially Harmful NuGet Packages (and Why)

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Discover 10 common NuGet packages and their potential risks, plus best practices for secure and performant .NET development.

Building an AI Agent with .NET

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