The .NET News Daily Issue #293

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

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of your trusty .NET newsletter—the coffee break for your tech brain where introspection and innovation meet like old friends. Today, we’re channeling our inner Zen master as we reflect on the evolution of .NET and the fine art of writing code that matters. With a lineup of articles that could turn debugging into an existential journey, we promise content that is as practical as your favorite coding shortcut and as illuminating as that first epiphany in the shower (you know the one). Remember, a good developer sees what everyone sees but thinks what no one else thought. Now, let's see what thoughts this Tuesday's collection will spark.

Today's Articles

Preparing Your .NET MAUI Apps for Google Play’s 16 KB Page Size Requirement

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui-google-play-16-kb-page-size-support/

Learn about the upcoming 16 KB page size requirement for Google Play and how to ensure your .NET MAUI apps are ready for the November 2025 deadline. The post Preparing Your .NET MAUI Apps for Google ...

5 Traps That Break .NET Background Services in Production (and How We Fixed Them)

https://medium.com/@vivek-baliyan/the-5-traps-that-break-net-backgroundservices-in-production-5fd8ebd4ba04

Five production traps with .NET BackgroundServices — and the patterns that kept them from silently killing our system.

Asynchronous Programming in C# with async/await

https://medium.com/c-sharp-programming/asynchronous-programming-in-c-with-async-await-a2c35689258d

My Journey into Building Non-Blocking Applications. Continue reading on .Net Programming »

Async Disposal in C#: When and How to Use IAsyncDisposable

https://medium.com/@kittikawin_ball/async-disposal-in-c-when-and-how-to-use-iasyncdisposable-f8a15b606c11

Discover the key use cases of IAsyncDisposable in modern C# and how it improves async workflows.

How to Restrict API Calls in ASP.NET Core Using Action Filters and Middleware

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-restrict-api-calls-in-asp-net-core-using-action-filters-and-middleware/

This article demonstrates how to implement age-based restrictions on specific endpoints with Action Filters and application-wide blacklist checks using Middleware. Learn to control access, enhance sec...

Cloud Cost Leaks in .NET Microservices — and How to Plug Them

https://blog.yaseerarafat.com/cloud-cost-leaks-in-net-microservices-and-how-to-plug-them-19ef3ce18575

Discover hidden cloud costs in .NET microservices, optimize Azure and AWS spend, and implement FinOps best practices to save thousands…

VS Code - Let it Cook with GPT-5-Codex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz3ucRzuUHc

Talk: What’s new in .NET MAUI at Build 2025: Recap

https://askxammy.com/talk-whats-new-in-net-maui-at-build-2025-recap/

Event name: What’s new in .NET MAUI at Build 2025: Recap Community name: DotnetDo Language: Spanish Date:…Contin...

7 C# Features You’re Underutilizing

https://medium.com/works-on-my-machine/7-c-features-youre-underutilizing-f1a097cd4661

Are you writing C# like it’s still 2010? The language has evolved a lot, and if you’re not using some of its more modern features, you’re… Continue reading on Works On My Machine »

Top 10 Open Source .NET Projects and Libraries for InsurTech in 2025

https://www.faciletechnolab.com//blog/top-10-open-source-net-projects-and-libraries-for-insurtech-in-2025/

Discover the top 10 open-source .NET projects and libraries revolutionizing InsurTech in 2025. Boost efficiency with AI, streamline claims processing, and enhance customer experience.

The Complete Guide to C# Performance Optimization: Doing More with Less

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/the-complete-guide-to-c-performance-optimization-doing-more-with-less-41ef4f9fb8af

Here’s a practical, no-fluff guide you can hand to senior .NET teams. Think of it as the briefing I’d give an internal product group at… Continue reading on Level Up Coding »

What Microsoft is NOT Telling You About .NET 10

https://medium.com/@riturajpokhriyal/what-microsoft-is-not-telling-you-about-net-10-bef4b13afcd6

It’s Not Just About Performance. A Fundamental Shift is Coming, and the Clues Are Hiding in Plain Sight.

C# Channels Uncovered: Bounded, Unbounded, and How to Pick the Right One

https://medium.com/@freakyali/c-channels-uncovered-bounded-unbounded-and-how-to-pick-the-right-one-a5e1d5728a85

Part 2 in a beginner-friendly guide to thread-safe async messaging in .NET

How Software Consultants Use LLMs with .NET for Enterprise Automation.

https://medium.com/@aspiresoftware/how-software-consultants-use-llms-with-net-for-enterprise-automation-86fa3e89f3ba

In today’s fast-paced digital world, businesses are always searching for smarter ways to automate operations, reduce costs, and stay…

Is .NET 10 for AI Replacing Python?

https://medium.com/@prayagvakharia/is-net-10-for-ai-replacing-python-5683290e70ee

AI is no longer optional. Every engineering team is being asked the same question: How do we harness AI while still delivering reliable…

sleep-pc: a .NET Native AOT tool to make Windows sleep after a timeout

https://andrewlock.net/sleep-pc-a-dotnet-tool-to-make-windows-sleep-after-a-timeout/

In this post I describe a small native AOT .NET tool that I built to force a Windows PC to go to sleep after a timer expires

From Entity Framework to EF Core: What Every .NET Beginner Should Know

https://medium.com/@sweetondonie/from-entity-framework-to-ef-core-what-every-net-beginner-should-know-99a26393f61e

When developers talk about “EF” today, they usually mean Entity Framework Core (EF Core). But it wasn’t always like this. Entity Framework…

🚀 Unlocking C# 14 Extension Members: The Future of Extending Types

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/unlocking-c-sharp-14-extension-members-the-future-of-extending-types/

Unlock the power of C# 14 extension members! This article explores how to extend existing types with properties, static methods, and more, going beyond traditional extension methods. Discover the new ...