The .NET News Daily Issue #196

LINQ vs Loops: The Explosive Performance Secrets No One Tells You

https://medium.com/@nagarajvela/linq-vs-loops-the-explosive-performance-secrets-no-one-tells-you-023c45aff25c

Discover when LINQ shines and where loops dominate Continue reading on CodeElevation »

Code Smell 298 — Microsoft Windows Time Waste

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/code-smell-298-microsoft-windows-time-waste-41e0074689a2

When Conditional Logic Silences Critical Signals Continue reading on Level Up Coding »

Safe Refactoring in .NET with Light/Dark Mode and Feature Flags

https://www.eventuallyconsistent.xyz/light-dark-refactoring

You’ve been forced to maintain a poorly written legacy app. Spaghetti code, no tests, and every new feature breaks two existing ones.

C# 13: Partial Properties and Indexers Simplified

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/c-sharp-13-partial-properties-and-indexers-simplified/

C# 13 introduces partial properties and indexers, enabling cleaner separation of logic in partial classes. This boosts maintainability, avoids hacks, and simplifies working with generated code and too...

How to Access Strings in C#

https://medium.com/@fulton_shaun/how-to-access-strings-in-c-4c24e6ec26ad

A clear and practical introduction to accessing characters and finding their positions in C# strings using index numbers and the IndexOf()…

Csharp — Pool Your Objects — Or Watch the GC Burn Your Throughput

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/csharp-pool-your-objects-or-watch-the-gc-burn-your-throughput-b36826c18d08

In .NET, the garbage collector is great — until it isn’t. If your app keeps allocating and deallocating large objects, you’ll hit Gen 2…

Mastering Concurrency in .NET with SemaphoreSlim: A Practical Guide

https://otienoelvis.medium.com/mastering-concurrency-in-net-with-semaphoreslim-a-practical-guide-ab7f2edb0e74

Part 1: Getting Started with SemaphoreSlim

Source Generators and Metaprogramming in .NET

https://medium.com/@Adem_Korkmaz/source-generators-and-metaprogramming-in-net-5c92fd513115?source=rss------csharp-5

Boosting Performance, Preventing Errors, and Simplifying Code Maintenance

This Tiny C# Mistake Crashed Our Production — Learn From It!

https://medium.com/dot-net-sql-learning/this-tiny-c-mistake-crashed-our-production-learn-from-it-c3dd6c008f6e

C# is a powerful and safe programming language. But, no matter how experienced you are, even a small mistake can cause big problems. Today… Continue reading on Dot Net, API & SQL Learning »

Integrating Sentry in .NET MAUI with Local File Logging

https://msicc.net/integrating-sentry-in-dotnet-maui-with-local-file-logging

Sentry is a powerful tool for error tracking and diagnostics, and in my TwistReader MAUI app, I wanted to go beyond just capturing errors in production. The goal: use Sentry for all logging, but persi...

How I Built a ChatGPT-Powered .NET App in Under 60 Minutes

https://medium.com/@venkataramanaguptha/how-i-built-a-chatgpt-powered-net-app-in-under-60-minutes-50b058d5f671?source=rss------dotnet-5

ChatGPT isn’t just for students and writers — it’s a powerful productivity tool for developers too. In this article, I’ll walk you through…

Best Practices for Azure Blob, Table, Queue, File Storage with C#

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/best-practices-for-azure-blob-table-queue-file-storage-with-c-sharp/

Azure Storage provides scalable solutions for unstructured and structured data. It includes Blob, Table, Queue, and File Storage, offering features like tiering, lifecycle management, security, and co...

Stop Abusing LINQ: C# Performance Tricks That Actually Save You CPU

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/stop-abusing-linq-c-performance-tricks-that-actually-save-you-cpu-3a599fc03589

LINQ is one of C#’s nicest features — compact, expressive, elegant. But in high-traffic systems or hot loops, it can quietly kill…

Common HttpClient tasks you're googling or asking ChatGPT

https://blog.elmah.io/common-httpclient-tasks-youre-googling-or-asking-chatgpt/

Using HttpClient has become my default choice when making HTTP requests from .NET. While there are many good alternatives out there (like Refit, Flurl, and RestSharp), having a built-in client that do...

Persisting a Smart Enum with Entity Framework Core

https://amrelsher07.medium.com/persisting-a-smart-enum-with-entity-framework-core-0c1ee7d1a45f

After along time I discuss about smart enum and write about in this article SmartEnum, now a lot of people ask about how to persistent…

CRUD APIs are Poor Design

https://codeopinion.com/crud-apis-are-poor-design/

I’m convinced that CRUD APIs and CRUD-driven systems—meaning systems built around Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations—are, in the long run, the hardest to change and evolve. This might sound u...

Unlocking Raw String Literals in C# 11 — Multiline, Clean, and Finally Human-Friendly

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/unlocking-raw-string-literals-in-c-11-multiline-clean-and-finally-human-friendly-5295beba5168

We’ve all wrestled with multiline strings in C#. The mess of escaping quotes, manually handling line breaks, and trying to format JSON or…

How to Upgrade Azure Functions from .NET 6 to .NET 8 (2025 Guide)

https://medium.com/@karthikns999/upgrade-azure-functions-dotnet6-to-dotnet8-isolated-model-49aef444a82f

A step-by-step migration guide to future-proof your Azure Functions in 2025

Callback in C#

https://medium.com/@payton9609/callback-in-c-556ac9fd5fd5

In modern software development, callbacks are essential tools for building flexible and extensible applications. Whether you’re handling…

HackerRank: Mini Max Sum Solution in C#

https://davutdursun.medium.com/hackerrank-mini-max-sum-solution-in-c-34ea7855f256

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