The .NET News Daily Issue #329

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Stop Reinventing the Wheel: These .NET Packages Work Smarter, So You Don’t Have To

https://medium.com/@freakyali/stop-reinventing-the-wheel-these-net-packages-work-smarter-so-you-dont-have-to-a8d78e7953f1

A new round of underrated C# tools that quietly do the heavy lifting. Continue reading on Stackademic »

If .NET brewed beer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi6Uf5DojaU

Building Intelligent Apps with .NET

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0DzWMkEnzk

This session guides you through building intelligent applications using .NET's unified AI abstractions, including Microsoft.Extensions.AI. .NET 10 — The most intelligent and unified .NET yet: https://...

Cake v6.0.0 released

https://cakebuild.net/blog/2025/11/cake-v6.0.0-released

Version 6.0.0 of Cake has been released. Take it for a spin and give us feedback on our discussion board.

.NET 10 & C# 14 Just Rewrote the Rulebook — 17 Features That Will Change How You Code Forever

https://blog.stackademic.com/net-10-c-14-just-rewrote-the-rulebook-17-features-that-will-change-how-you-code-forever-8655371fe35c

From file-based apps to EF Core’s JSON magic and Blazor’s WASM power-ups — discover the upgrades that will reshape API design… Continue reading on Stackademic »

Database Sharding in Simple Terms — With a Real-World Analogy and C# Examples

https://dotnetfullstackdev.medium.com/database-sharding-in-simple-terms-with-a-real-world-analogy-and-c-examples-8382408a970e

When traffic is small, a single database server feels more than enough. But as your application grows, one day you hit the wall:

Fixing Blocking Requests using CancellationToken in .Net Core

https://medium.com/@devesh.akgec/fixing-blocking-requests-using-cancellationtoken-in-net-core-6b2a235a332e

We will learn how to use CancellationToken to improve prformance for .net core applications.

ASP.NET Core Middleware: A Practical Guide to Building the Request Pipeline

https://medium.com/@asad072/asp-net-core-middleware-a-practical-guide-to-building-the-request-pipeline-93231bf8e2a6

In ASP.NET Core, every HTTP request passes through a pipeline of middleware components that handle tasks like routing, authentication…

State of Native AOT in .NET 10

https://code.soundaranbu.com/state-of-nativeaot-net10

After 3 years since my previous article on Native AOT, let’s find out how far AOT compilation in .NET has come.

Nullable Reference Types: It's Actually About Non-Nullable Reference Types

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sz4heIk_lM

Going Passwordless - A Practical Guide to Passkeys in ASP.NET Core

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4_KcjJOxOE

Choosing Between Dapper and Entity Framework: A Practical Guide for Real-World Projects

https://medium.com/@solanki.jignesh.r/choosing-between-dapper-and-entity-framework-a-practical-guide-for-real-world-projects-4b47fb820da6

Learn how project size, complexity, and performance needs decide the right ORM for your .NET application.

What Sealed Classes Really Do — and Why Most Devs Ignore Them

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/what-sealed-classes-really-do-and-why-most-devs-ignore-them-85dd4c6b82a0

Let’s be real — nobody gets out of bed excited to talk about sealed classes. They’re like the uninvited guest in the C# family photo —… Continue reading on Level Up Coding »

Taking .NET out of .NET Aspire - working with non-.NET applications

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcAi-kqo3ps

Why I Built .NET News

https://medium.com/@jasenf/why-i-built-net-news-d9abc8e533d6

After over two decades swimming through the .NET ecosystem, I hit a point where keeping up felt like a part‑time job. Great posts were…

EF Core Performance Improvements With The New ExecuteUpdate & ExecuteDelete in .NET

https://medium.com/@mariammaurice/ef-core-performance-improvements-with-the-new-executeupdate-executedelete-in-net-60ec414bf32b

By: (Mori) A Complete Guide for .NET 9 Developers Continue reading on JavaScript in Plain English »

Visual Studio Debugger: Advanced Techniques

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6afeRSFQiw0

Visual Studio 2026 — Faster, smarter, and built for the future: https://aka.ms/visualstudio2026/announcement Learn about conditional breakpoints, tracepoints, data breakpoints, and the new AI-powered...

Matthew Watt Smatterings of F#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcEHiY6Vp-8

In this talk, we're going to look at the ways I use smatterings of F# here and there to scratch my itch - and give back to the community! Maybe you have, and you love it as much as I do.