The .NET News Daily Issue #252

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

Ready to turbocharge your Thursday, fellow developers? As we skid into the latter half of the week, it's time to polish your .NET prowess with a round-up that's as essential as your morning espresso. This edition is packed with insights that will shift your coding gears into overdrive, ensuring you're cruising smoothly towards wrapping up those ambitious projects. Strap in, stay curious, and let's make this a day of code worth remembering!

Today's Articles

Named Query Filters in EF 10 (multiple query filters per entity)

https://www.milanjovanovic.tech/blog/named-query-filters-in-ef-10-multiple-query-filters-per-entity

EF 10 introduces named query filters, allowing multiple filters on a single entity and letting you selectively disable specific filters without turning off all query filters. This article explains how...

The Silent Scalability Killers Hiding in Your .NET Code — 15 Fixes That Work

https://towardsdev.com/the-silent-scalability-killers-hiding-in-your-net-code-15-fixes-that-work-38bb072db40c

“Your code might be clean — but can it handle 1 million users?” Continue reading on Towards Dev »

SignalR in ASP.NET Core — Build Real-Time Applications with Confidence

https://dotnetfullstackdev.medium.com/signalr-in-asp-net-core-build-real-time-applications-with-confidence-4fcc4440bda3

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How to Use the Domain Event Pattern | DDD, Clean Architecture, .NET 9

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/how-to-use-the-domain-event-pattern-ddd-clean-architecture-net-9-76a6c314e610

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MCP C# SDK Gets Major Update: Support for Protocol Version 2025-06-18

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/mcp-csharp-sdk-2025-06-18-update/

The MCP C# SDK has been updated to support the latest Model Context Protocol specification (2025-06-18), bringing structured tool output, elicitation support, enhanced security, and more to .NET devel...

From Startup Tasks to Smarter Scheduling: Mastering Background Workers in .NET 8

https://blog.venturemagazine.net/from-startup-tasks-to-smarter-scheduling-mastering-background-workers-in-net-8-46c558d5fb99

When I first tried to run a recurring job inside my .NET API, I treated it like a morning cafecito — just fired it up in Startup.cs and… Continue reading on Venture »

.NET + Angular: Trusted Tech Stack for Large-Scale Applications

https://medium.com/@sparklewebhelp/net-angular-trusted-tech-stack-for-large-scale-applications-32486996556b?source=rss------dotnet-5

When planning to build a large web application for your business — whether it’s for healthcare, e-commerce, finance, or any other industry…

How I Built a .NET Security Scanner Without a Security Team (And Blocked 90% of Vulnerabilities)

https://medium.com/c-sharp-programming/how-i-built-a-net-security-scanner-without-a-security-team-and-blocked-90-of-vulnerabilities-ac0803ef5bea

This Roslyn analyzer + GitHub Actions combo is being quietly adopted by top teams. Here’s how to implement it before your next release. Continue reading on .Net Programming »

Level Up Your C# APIs: Pro Techniques for High-Performance REST Services

https://medium.com/@saifullahhakro/level-up-your-c-apis-pro-techniques-for-high-performance-rest-services-90c3444b2a18

Introduction Continue reading on .Net Programming »

Secure Your Secrets in .NET with Azure Key Vault

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/secure-your-secrets-in-net-with-azure-key-vault/

Azure Key Vault is a secure cloud service for managing secrets, encryption keys, and certificates. It simplifies credential management, enhances security, supports RBAC, and integrates easily with .NE...

When Lifetimes Collide: A C# Developer’s Journey Through Transient, Scoped & Singleton

https://medium.com/@brian.moraboza/when-lifetimes-collide-a-c-developers-journey-through-transient-scoped-singleton-40c88ec1afe2

I still remember that morning in my first ASP.NET Core project — el código estaba listo, deploy went green, but requests started failing… Continue reading on Cubed »

How do I know my RAG system isn't missing anything important?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oTUU5OD7fgQ

Database Migration Strategies

https://codeopinion.com/database-migration-strategies/

Database migrations gone wrong. You deploy a new feature in your app and suddenly half of it breaks. You start digging through your logs and realize it’s a database schema change that’s causing all th...

Stop Allocating Arrays in C#: Use These 10 Game-Changing ArrayPool Hacks

https://medium.com/@ashokreddy343/stop-allocating-arrays-in-c-use-these-10-game-changing-arraypool-hacks-015a0f6007d9

Reduce GC pressure, boost speed, and write cleaner code with these rarely discussed techniques.

5 Deadly Health Check Mistakes .NET Developers Make (And How to Fix Them with Prometheus)

https://medium.com/devs-community/5-deadly-health-check-mistakes-net-developers-make-and-how-to-fix-them-with-prometheus-87f3fb4f5ae6

If you think a 200 OK means your app is fine — you’re already in danger. These 5 real-world mistakes nearly took down my services. Continue reading on Devs Community »

5 .NET Tips That Instantly Make Your Code Look Senior-Level

https://medium.com/@freakyali/5-net-tips-that-instantly-make-your-code-look-senior-level-3b381895cf85

Real-world techniques that quietly reveal experience in every line.

Response Caching in C#

https://medium.com/@shreyans_padmani/response-caching-in-c-4498ef929cd4

Response Caching in ASP.NET Core improves performance by storing HTTP responses and reusing them for identical requests — reducing server…

C# Reflection Explained with Real Code Examples

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/c-sharp-reflection-explained-with-real-code-examples/

Reflection in C# enables runtime inspection and interaction with types, methods, and properties. It’s powerful for dynamic scenarios like plugin systems, but should be used cautiously due to performan...

Beyond Spaghetti Code: Mastering Clean Architecture for Enterprise .NET

https://medium.com/@bhargavkoya56/beyond-spaghetti-code-mastering-clean-architecture-for-enterprise-net-90f860453e3d

Clean Architecture thrives when every layer is visible, isolated, and rigorously enforced. Below is end-to-end, 20-minute read that…

Authentication in .NET — Part 2: Understanding Authentication Schemes

https://dilankam.medium.com/authentication-in-net-part-2-understanding-authentication-schemes-d43158e08c6f

Welcome to Part 2 of my series on Authentication in .NET. In Part 1, we explored how authentication middleware works and how requests flow…