The .NET News Daily Issue #315

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

As Thursday unfolds with the precision of a classic .NET build, seasoned devs like us know it's the perfect time to refuel our coding engines and propel toward the weekend sprint. This newsletter has the insights and fresh perspectives you never knew you needed—think of it as the turbo boost for your digital toolbox. Scroll down, and let these articles ignite your passion for crafting elegant code just like a perfectly executed API call.

Help support our newsletter with a testimonial ❤️

Today's Articles

Our Favorite New Features in .NET 10 and C# 14

https://blog.leadingedje.com/post/whatsnewindotnet/10.html

See our favorite new C#, ASP.NET, and EF Core features in .NET’s latest LTS release Continue reading on Leading EDJE »

⚡ CQRS Doesn’t Have To Be Complicated | Clean Architecture, .NET 9 (With Code)

https://medium.com/@mariammaurice/cqrs-doesnt-have-to-be-complicated-clean-architecture-net-9-with-code-54edb780eb28

“Don’t overengineer. CQRS is about clarity — not complexity.”

.NET Secrets Management with Azure App Configuration & Key Vault

https://blog.yaseerarafat.com/net-secrets-management-with-azure-app-configuration-key-vault-0597a5bcf6b3

Ensure Secure, Scalable, and Resilient Secret Management Across All Environments and Regions in .NET

Stop Guessing: Here’s What .NET GC Isn’t Telling You

https://medium.com/@freakyali/stop-guessing-heres-what-net-gc-isn-t-telling-you-38e298f31a6f

Discover how memory really gets managed and why your app might be bleeding performance

ASP.NET Core Performance Hacks: Async, Profiling & Optimization Techniques (Part - 26 of 40)

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/asp-net-core-performance-hacks-async-profiling-optimization-techniques-part/

Unlock peak ASP.NET Core performance! This comprehensive guide (Part 26 of 40) dives into advanced optimization techniques. Master async/await, EF Core tuning, caching strategies, and profiling tools....

How to Troubleshoot Errors in a .NET MVC Website

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-troubleshoot-errors-in-a-net-mvc-website/

Learn how to troubleshoot errors in a .NET MVC website using debugging techniques, IIS logs, custom error handling, remote debugging, and third-party tools like Application Insights, ELMAH, and NLog. ...

Entity Framework vs Dapper: Hangisi Senin Projen İçin?

https://medium.com/@melekdmrr/entity-framework-vs-dapper-hangisi-senin-projen-i̇çin-f878c4220810

Veritabanı işlemleri her .NET geliştiricisinin en sık karşılaştığı konulardan biri. Peki Entity Framework mı kullanmalı, yoksa Dapper’a mı…

AI Agents in Practice: Customer Support Automation Agent

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/ai-agents-in-practice-customer-support-automation-agent/

Automate customer support with AI agents! This pattern details a Customer Support Automation Agent that triages inquiries, categorizes issues (billing, technical, general), proposes responses, and esc...

You’re Still Boxing and Don’t Even Know It — Hidden Allocations in Modern C#

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/youre-still-boxing-and-don-t-even-know-it-hidden-allocations-in-modern-c-0501453c6a0b

“GC pauses don’t come from nowhere — they come from your code.”

Managing Permissions with EF Core Migrations (Part 2): A No-Nonsense Guide That Actually Scales

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/managing-permissions-with-ef-core-migrations-part-2-a-no-nonsense-guide-that-actually-scales-4d2b407b9d2e

If you want the full source code, join our community: Here

Domain Validation in Domain-Driven Design: Keeping Your Models Always Valid

https://pasinduprabhashitha.medium.com/domain-validation-in-domain-driven-design-keeping-your-models-always-valid-654bb4f059d7

If you’ve ever had a bug like “a cart item with a negative price” or “an order shipped without confirmation”, you already know the pain of…

ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection From Scopes & Lifetimes

https://medium.com/@oguzhanagir/asp-net-core-dependency-injection-from-scopes-lifetimes-9df7ce1d9f1f

You know the basics. AddTransient, AddScoped, AddSingleton. It all seems so straightforward.

Optimize Complex Workflows Using Multi-Agent Patterns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eobRfdy8tu4

• Key orchestration patterns for multi-agent systems, including sequential, concurrent, group chat, and hand-off approaches, with real-world examples of each. • AI agent orchestration patterns https:/...

Your .NET App Can Think — Add AI Reasoning Using Microsoft’s Own Stack

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/your-net-app-can-think-add-ai-reasoning-using-microsofts-own-stack-4cc701352b31

A step-by-step guide to building reasoning APIs using Semantic Kernel, Azure OpenAI, and function calling. By Mohammad Shoeb — Microsoft…

AutoMapper Is Now Commercial: Should .NET Developers Switch to Mapster?

https://medium.com/@dino.cosic/automapper-is-now-commercial-should-net-developers-switch-to-mapster-25445581d38c

With AutoMapper officially going commercial, many .NET

.NET AI Community Standup - Microsoft Agent Framework: Workflows & Migration Overview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F8qDdqzClg

Why You Should Avoid async void in C# (and What to Use Instead)

https://amarozka.dev/async-void-methods/

Async void hides exceptions, ruins tests, and breaks debugging. Learn safer Task‑based patterns in just 5 minutes. Continue reading on .Net Code Chronicles »

Rulify.Net: My Journey Building a .NET Rule Engine

https://medium.com/the-syntax-hub/rulify-net-my-journey-building-a-net-rule-engine-3e4213398fb5

Hi there! I want to share with you my experience building Rulify.Net, a flexible rule engine for .NET applications. The idea came when I… Continue reading on The Syntax Hub »

.NET 10: The Next Leap in Developer Experience

https://blog.devops.dev/net-10-the-next-leap-in-developer-experience-5987f3b09271

A New Era of Performance, Cloud-Native Power, and Developer Empowerment Continue reading on DevOps.dev »

⚖️ Making Tradeoffs With Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and the CAP Theorem | .NET

https://medium.com/@mariammaurice/️-making-tradeoffs-with-domain-driven-design-ddd-and-the-cap-theorem-net-993ca2e89a73

When we talk about Domain-Driven Design (DDD), we often focus on ubiquitous language, aggregates, entities, and value objects. But…

A Developer's Guide to Fine-Tuning GPT-4o for Image Classification on Azure AI Foundry

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/foundry/a-developers-guide-to-fine-tuning-gpt-4o-for-image-classification-on-azure-ai-foundry/

Whether you’re a machine learning practitioner, app developer, or just curious about the latest in AI, this guide shows how you can quickly boost image classification accuracy using cutting-edge Visio...

Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP) in C#: Inheritance Done Right

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/liskov-substitution-principle-lsp-in-c-sharp-inheritance-done-right/

Master the Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP) in C# and write robust, maintainable code! This article dives deep into LSP, demonstrating how to design inheritance hierarchies where derived classes se...

Aggregate Root Design 101 | DDD, Clean Architecture, .NET 9.

https://medium.com/@mariammaurice/aggregate-root-design-101-ddd-clean-architecture-net-9-f13a8ee3843b

“An aggregate root is the guardian of consistency within its boundary — it’s the only gateway to mutate the internals of a domain object…