The .NET News Daily Issue #253

.NET Isn’t Just Back. It’s The Future.

https://medium.com/@krativarshney7/net-isnt-just-back-it-s-the-future-d0bb0cdccde7

Forget everything you thought you knew about Microsoft’s trusty old framework. The .NET you remember from the early 2000s is gone. In its…

Enums in C#: A Beginner’s Guide to Smarter, Safer Code

https://medium.com/@sweetondonie/enums-in-c-a-beginners-guide-to-smarter-safer-code-cd3374786bbe

When I landed my first role as a backend dev, I was proud of how clean my code looked.

You Thought Async Was Faster — These 5 Sync Fixes Prove Otherwise in .NET

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/you-thought-async-was-faster-these-5-sync-fixes-prove-otherwise-in-net-a706c52b02bb

A Masterclass for Senior .NET Engineers Who Benchmark, Not Just Refactor

Even more Underrated .NET packages that will save you 100s of lines of code

https://medium.com/@freakyali/even-more-underrated-net-packages-that-will-save-you-100s-of-lines-of-code-3aba6c0f5714

A second round of powerful, lesser-known libraries that can seriously upgrade your C# projects without bloating your codebase.

Ask Mode vs Agent Mode – Choosing the Right Copilot Experience for .NET

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/ask-mode-vs-agent-mode/

GitHub Copilot Chat offers two powerful modes, Ask Mode and Agent Mode, that can dramatically accelerate your development. Learn when to use each mode to get the most out of this tool. The post Ask M...

Diagnosing and Fixing Large Object Heap (LOH) Issues in .NET

https://medium.com/@kittikawin_ball/diagnosing-and-fixing-large-object-heap-loh-issues-in-net-6433165f0dbe

Identify and fix LOH issues affecting .NET performance

10 Sharp C# Tricks That Made My Codebase 30% Smaller

https://medium.com/@yaseer.arafat/10-sharp-c-tricks-that-made-my-codebase-30-smaller-e35b7c7cb44c

From Cleaner Logic to Smarter Performance — A Practical Ride Through C#’s Hidden Gems

Coding agent integration in VS Code

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGYHPN5NNd0

SQL Best Practices from a .NET Core Developer’s Lens — What I Wish I Knew Earlier

https://medium.com/@sunita.rawat.cgi/sql-best-practices-from-a-net-core-developers-lens-what-i-wish-i-knew-earlier-b954a8b83a41

When I started building APIs in ASP.NET Core backed by SQL Server, I never thought the way I wrote queries or structured data access could…

5 More .NET Tips That Make Your Code Faster, Smarter & Leaner

https://medium.com/@freakyali/5-more-net-tips-that-make-your-code-faster-smarter-leaner-e071f1a845f5

Advanced yet practical tricks to help you write faster, leaner, and more reliable .NET code. Continue reading on Stackademic »

🔥 How to Consume Web API in ASP.NET MVC Using HttpClien

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-consume-web-api-in-asp-net-mvc-using-httpclien/

Are you building an ASP.NET MVC application and need to fetch data from a Web API? Look no further! In this guide, you’ll learn how to consume Web API using the HttpClient class in ASP.NET MVC with re...

Azure Blob Storage Is Not a Database — Here’s the Microsoft-Approved Fix

https://blog.devgenius.io/azure-blob-storage-is-not-a-database-heres-the-microsoft-approved-fix-c51278ce3bf9

You’re not building a database. You’re building a trap. Continue reading on Dev Genius »

10 Code Patterns That Shrink Your Azure Bill (Used by Microsoft Engineers)

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/10-code-patterns-that-shrink-your-azure-bill-used-by-microsoft-engineers-0209bcd1a4ff

🔥 Why This Blog Matters

Vibe Coding Is Actually Prompt-Oriented Development (POD)

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/vibe-coding-is-actually-prompt-oriented-development-pod/

Prompt-Oriented Development (POD) is a disciplined approach to AI-assisted coding. Unlike "vibe coding," POD emphasizes structured prompting, critical thinking, and collaborative software de...

A complete guide to async programming in C#: understand threading, non-blocking I/O, await…

https://medium.com/@lstalin.paul/a-complete-guide-to-async-programming-in-c-understand-threading-non-blocking-i-o-await-f3f178dc6746

Learn how asynchronous programming works under the hood in C#. From thread behavior to await, SynchronizationContext, and ConfigureAwait

Building Modern Web Applications with ASP.NET Core

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/building-modern-web-applications-with-asp-net-core/

ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform, high-performance framework for building modern web apps. It offers modular design, cloud readiness, and support for Razor Pages, APIs, middleware, and modern front-en...

Why .NET 9 Is Slower in Production (And How to Fix Its GC Bottleneck)

https://medium.com/inside-the-if/why-net-9-is-slower-in-production-and-how-to-fix-its-gc-bottleneck-99b6cbbb4dd8

Seeing random CPU spikes, memory leaks, or degraded throughput after upgrading to .NET 9? This GC configuration fix boosts performance by… Continue reading on Inside the IF »

Rethinking Switch Statements in C#: Embrace Polymorphism Instead

https://blog.stackademic.com/rethinking-switch-statements-in-c-embrace-polymorphism-instead-a68689b214f9

👋 Introduction: The Moment It Clicked. Continue reading on Stackademic »

Building a Cohesive .NET-Powered Data Platform

https://medium.com/@Adem_Korkmaz/building-a-cohesive-net-powered-data-platform-7cb67025fb73

Big Data, Lakehouse, Data Mesh, BI, Data Warehousing: From Concepts to Production Continue reading on JavaScript in Plain English »