The .NET News Daily Issue #192

Your Daily Dose of .NET Insights, Tools, and Trends

Ready to supercharge your Thursday, fellow .NET enthusiasts? Picture it as your turbo-boost into the weekend, a day where code can conquer, bugs don't stand a chance, and your latest project thrives like a cat in a sunbeam. Engage with our seasoned insights, crafted for those who don’t merely write code but curate the future. So, clutch your coffee and let’s transform inspiration into innovation with today’s lineup.

Today's Articles

The Outbox Pattern in .NET: Reliable Event-Driven Microservices Without the Headaches

https://medium.com/@thesimonverma/the-outbox-pattern-in-net-reliable-event-driven-microservices-without-the-headaches-84fb32beaef8

In the world of microservices, one of the trickiest challenges is ensuring reliable communication between services — especially when…

The Only Reliable Way to Spot Good .NET Code: It’s Not What You Think!

https://medium.com/c-sharp-programming/the-only-reliable-way-to-spot-good-net-code-its-not-what-you-think-08db07134ffe

Struggling to figure out if your .NET code is actually good? In this short, I’ll share the one consistent signal I’ve found after years of… Continue reading on .Net Programming »

⚙️ .NET Middleware Demystified: Native Patterns That Power Every Request

https://medium.com/@metoz.florian/%EF%B8%8F-net-middleware-demystified-native-patterns-that-power-every-request-da2281e0793b

Middleware is the silent engine behind every ASP.NET Core application, orchestrating how HTTP requests and responses flow through your…

Professional JSON Handling in .NET

https://medium.com/asp-dotnet/professional-json-handling-in-net-3cfa56dd116b

JSON handling can make or break your app’s speed — especially in the cloud. In this deep dive, a Principal Engineer shares real-world… Continue reading on ASP DOTNET »

How to Improve Application Performance By Caching Data in Web Pages

https://learn-code-learn.medium.com/how-to-improve-application-performance-by-caching-data-in-web-pages-7c15da841ac0

In this article we will discuss on how to improve application performance by improving responsiveness of our website. Continue reading on .Net Programming »

Building Zero-Trust Architectures with C# Services

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/building-zero-trust-architectures-with-c-sharp-services/

This article covers secure authentication, authorization, microservices communication, and policy enforcement to help you design modern, resilient, and secure applications based on Zero-Trust principl...

Why Is Your .NET App Slow? Memory Analysis & Fixes

https://medium.com/asp-dotnet/why-is-your-net-app-slow-memory-analysis-fixes-ad3a886e5864

Memory bottlenecks can cripple even well-architected .NET applications, especially in cloud environments. This deep dive into memory… Continue reading on ASP DOTNET »

Are Controllers on Their Way Out? (Spoiler: They’re Getting Distracted)

https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/are-controllers-on-their-way-out-spoiler-theyre-getting-distracted-9de14b25cb1e

Let me tell you about the time I accidentally broke an entire API during a Friday afternoon deploy. Continue reading on Write A Catalyst »

I have deeply investigated Records in C#, so you don’t have to.

https://codenp.com/i-have-deeply-investigated-records-in-c-so-you-dont-have-to-9cff83633a5e?source=rss------csharp-5

Unlike Classes in C#, Records are of an immutable type by default. Apart from that, Record supports value-based equality comparison, which… Continue reading on codenp »

Building an E-Commerce Chatbot in ASP.NET Using SQL Server

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/building-an-ecommerce-chatbot-in-asp-net-using-sql-server

Learn how to build a simple e-commerce chatbot using ASP.NET Web Forms and SQL Server—no third-party AI or JavaScript needed.

HackerRank: Plus Minus Solution in C#

https://davutdursun.medium.com/hackerrank-plus-minus-solution-in-c-f35e0ca9b171

Access without membership: Here

C# Symbol Secrets: How !, ?, ?: Can Make You a Better Developer

https://medium.com/@nagarajvela/c-symbol-secrets-how-can-make-you-a-better-developer-8b9f42e2cbe9

Harness !, ?, ?:, and other operators to simplify code. Continue reading on Cubed »

Running RAG with ONNX Runtime GenAI for On-Prem Windows

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/ise/running-rag-onnxruntime-genai

Exploring how to efficiently run a RAG pipeline with structured language models (SLMs) and guardrails on Windows, achieving inference under 5 seconds with ONNX Runtime GenAI.

Mediator Without MediatR: Build Your Own CQRS Dispatcher in 30 Lines

https://medium.com/@metoz.florian/mediator-without-mediatr-build-your-own-cqrs-dispatcher-in-30-lines-a43edd474faa

Tired of adding big libraries for small problems? Worried about what happens when your favorite open-source tool goes commercial? 🤔

Boost Your .NET Projects: Simplify Dictionary Handling with AutoDefaultDictionary in Spargine

https://dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/boost-your-net-projects-simplify-dictionary-handling-with-autodefaultdictionary-in-spargine/

Introducing AutoDefaultDictionary The AutoDefaultDictionary<TKey, TValue> class simplifies handling missing keys in dictionaries by automatically returning a default value or using a custom functio...

Your Database Isn’t a Junk Drawer — So Stop Treating It Like One

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/your-database-isnt-a-junk-drawer-so-stop-treating-it-like-one-80abb47f29ec

Aggregate Root Design 101 in .NET (DDD + Clean Architecture Edition)

Top 5 Must-Have .NET Libraries for 2025 Projects

https://medium.com/@karthikns999/top-5-must-have-net-libraries-for-2025-projects-aea86de70260

Boost Productivity and Code Quality with These Must-Have .NET Libraries in 2025

Clean Architecture in .NET

https://medium.com/@faysalwrites/clean-architecture-in-net-12e8243caefb

How to Structure Scalable Applications

Avoid These 7 C# Coding Mistakes Beginners Make

https://medium.com/@venkataramanaguptha/avoid-these-7-c-coding-mistakes-beginners-make-7477cf3248f9

Learning C# is exciting — but it’s also easy to fall into traps that can make your code buggy, hard to maintain, or slow.

What is Mirrored data in SQL database in Fabric?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnl6Vnr7l8E

Building “Production-Grade” APIs in .NET

https://www.eventuallyconsistent.xyz/what-is-production-ready-api

Many engineers build and deploy APIs into production. So we have an API running in production — does that mean it’s truly…

Configuring dotnet core apps for OpenApi with SwaggerUi or Scalar

https://ravindradevrani.com/posts/configuring-dotnet-core-app-for-swagger-ui-or-scalar/

SwaggerUI, which was previously bundled with .NET Core APIs, has been dropped in .NET 9. However, .NET Core Web APIs still support…

20 Worst Async/Await Patterns in .NET (With Examples)

https://medium.com/@metoz.florian/20-worst-async-await-patterns-in-net-with-examples-52f058562a98

Asynchronous programming in .NET with async and await can make your apps responsive and scalable. But used incorrectly, these features can…

Mastering HttpClient Resiliency in .NET: Part 1 — CircuitBreaker, Retry, Timeout, and more (C#)

https://ogulcanturan.medium.com/mastering-httpclient-resiliency-in-net-part-1-circuitbreaker-retry-timeout-and-more-c-af0d54cb3d6f

The Best practices for HttpClient resiliency — including Circuit Breaker, Rate Limiting, Retry, Timeout…