The .NET News Daily Issue #224

Memory Leaks in C#: The Invisible Mess That Bit Me (Once)

https://piyushdoorwar.medium.com/memory-leaks-in-c-the-invisible-mess-that-bit-me-once-b2cb69d83680

Why “Managed” Doesn’t Mean “Magic” — And How to Avoid Leaky Traps in Your .NET Code Continue reading on Mr. Plan ₿ Publication »

6 EF Core Query Hacks to Supercharge Your App’s Performance

https://medium.com/@gobranfahd/6-ef-core-query-hacks-to-supercharge-your-apps-performance-d6f966a9b61f

Entity Framework Core (EF Core) simplifies data access — until unoptimized queries stealthily degrade your app’s responsiveness. Whether…

The 3 Banned .NET Performance Tricks That AWS Devs Don’t Want You to Know

https://medium.com/inside-the-if/the-3-banned-net-performance-tricks-that-aws-devs-dont-want-you-to-know-dd349445d4ff

Tuning memory and async won’t save you. These 3 unorthodox .NET performance tricks crushed our latency — and AWS still hasn’t documented… Continue reading on Inside the IF »

The 5 Pillars of Great API Design: Build Interfaces That Last

https://medium.com/@orbens/the-5-pillars-of-great-api-design-build-interfaces-that-last-d2d2b650433d

APIs are the backbone of modern systems. They connect frontend apps to backends, enable microservices to communicate, and expose data to…

ASP.NET Community Standup - Behind the Scenes: Building the .NET Aspire Dashboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYi4qQn0ZB8

Can you tell me about the new params collections feature in C# 13?

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

Stop Using Outdated C# Practices from 2020 in .NET 8.

https://itnext.io/stop-using-outdated-c-practices-from-2020-in-net-8-5a3cdc1d7f2b

Ditch manual mapping, switch hacks, and legacy patterns in .NET 8 — reduce bugs and boilerplate by 80%. Continue reading on ITNEXT »

What Happens When You Write throw ex vs throw in a Catch Block

https://medium.com/@sweetondonie/what-happens-when-you-write-throw-ex-vs-throw-in-a-catch-block-672a880800c5

This tiny difference can cost you critical debugging information — here’s why.

My Production-Ready .NET Clean Architecture Template (Used Across 10+ Azure Apps)

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/my-production-ready-net-clean-architecture-template-used-across-10-azure-apps-1617ffc0f6bd

Over the last 17 years building .NET apps — from scrappy MVPs to enterprise-scale fintech solutions — I kept stumbling upon the same… Continue reading on .Net Programming »

How .NET automatically cleans up memory using Garbage Collection

https://medium.com/@sweetondonie/how-net-automatically-cleans-up-memory-using-garbage-collection-54c7accd0cad

If you’ve just started learning programming, you might be hearing this mysterious term: Garbage Collection.

From IActionResult to TypedResults: A Modern Approach to ASP.NET Core API Responses

https://medium.com/@serhatalftkn/from-iactionresult-to-typedresults-a-modern-approach-to-asp-net-core-api-responses-0ca5bbc8b423

How .NET’s Results Pattern Revolutionizes Type-Safe API Development

Understanding Select vs SelectMany in LINQ

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/understanding-select-vs-selectmany-in-linq/

In this article, we are going to learn about the importance of LINQ features of select and SelectMany and the difference between them.

Top 6 Caching Strategies in ASP.NET Core (with Real C# Examples)

https://medium.com/@joshiabhi777/top-6-caching-strategies-in-asp-net-core-with-real-c-examples-d7c2bb9655e7

🧠 Why Caching Matters

Why ValueTask Might Be All You Need in .NET

https://medium.com/@CodeCrack/9c4391e01882

If you are a .NET developer, Task is definitely your everyday companion. But did you know that ValueTask can be a smarter… Continue reading on Dot Net, API & SQL Learning »

Output Caching Middleware

https://medium.com/volosoft/output-caching-middleware-df8f1c282e39

Output caching is a new middleware component included with .NET 7. Instead of calling each request, it saves HTTP responses. In this post… Continue reading on ABP.IO »

Stop Abusing the Heap: 3 C# Tricks That Unlock Ridiculous Performance

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/stop-abusing-the-heap-3-c-tricks-that-unlock-ridiculous-performance-97a291fd4901

I once debugged a .NET service that ran fine for weeks — until it didn’t. RAM usage kept growing. GC wasn’t helping. And it wasn’t a… Continue reading on .Net Programming »

Building a Full RAG Stack with .NET 8, Azure Functions, Qdrant, Neo4j, and Hugging Face

https://medium.com/@rafaellarrosa/building-a-full-rag-stack-with-net-8-azure-functions-qdrant-neo4j-and-hugging-face-71dcf0b8293c

Hey folks!

The Hottest New Programming Language Is Your Mother Tongue

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/the-hottest-new-programming-language-is-your-mother-tongue/

Intent-driven development is redefining coding in 2025, where natural language, not syntax, guides AI-native software creation through prompt scaffolds, dynamic composition, and collaborative reasonin...

️ “Yesterday Our Queue Handled 1 000 000 Messages — Today It Melted.

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/%EF%B8%8F-yesterday-our-queue-handled-1-000-000-messages-today-it-melted-d59a92d546e7

You’ve launched. Orders flood in. The first million messages glide through like butter — until CPU spikes, consumers lag ⏤ and a single…