The .NET News Daily Issue #407

https://medium.com/@sweetondonie/why-parallel-code-often-runs-slower-a61b2a8d34a3?source=rss------dotnet-5

You added parallelism.

https://medium.com/@cwhitelam/every-note-taking-app-tries-too-hard-i-fixed-it-9e99804b26cf?source=rss------dotnet-5

I’ve used a lot of note-taking apps. Apple Notes, Notion, Notability, a bunch of others. They all have the same problem: too many taps…

https://medium.com/applied-ai-for-app-devs/dotnetfastmcp-enforcing-multi-factor-authentication-mfa-for-critical-ai-tools-%EF%B8%8F-338884f0bb30?source=rss------dotnet-5

AI Agents are getting powerful. We are moving from “Chatbots that summarize text” to “Agents that move money” and “Agents that deploy… Continue reading on Applied AI for App Devs »

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-implement-redis-caching-in-asp-net-core/

Boost ASP.NET Core performance with Redis caching! Learn to implement it for faster response times, reduced database load, and improved scalability. Production-ready guide.

https://medium.com/@shivanshgaur28/the-million-request-crash-taming-the-cache-stampede-in-distributed-systems-09b47c74184e?source=rss------csharp-5

How the “Thundering Herd” problem turns your caching layer into a database killer, and the advanced patterns top-tier engineers use to…

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2026/02/23/Cracking-the-Code-of-Serverless-Design-Patterns-that-Scale-and-Patterns-that-Fail.aspx

Chad Green explores how intentional design patterns determine whether serverless architectures deliver on their promises of scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency.

https://antondevtips.com/blog/how-to-avoid-code-duplication-in-vertical-slice-architecture-in-dotnet

Learn how to manage code duplication in Vertical Slice Architecture with .NET. Discover when to share vs duplicate code, extract infrastructure concerns, push business logic into domain models, share

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/vscode-mssql-feb-2026/

The MSSQL Extension for VS Code continues to evolve, delivering features that make SQL development more integrated, more powerful, and more developer-friendly. In version v1.40.0, we're introducing th...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Cum7Qatiz4

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-implement-redis-caching-in-asp-net-core-for-performance-improvement/

Boost ASP.NET Core performance with Redis caching! Learn how to implement Redis, reduce database load, improve response times, and enhance scalability. Optimize your .NET apps!

https://blog.elmah.io/polymorphic-relationships-in-ef-core-three-approaches/

Database schema and entity design are the pavement of most applications. If the entities are paved well, the application can provide great performance. Otherwise, it can lead to pitfalls. One key aspe...

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-async-and-await-work-internally-in-c-sharp2/

Unlock C#'s async/await secrets! Explore state machines, task-based patterns, and synchronization contexts for scalable, responsive apps. Avoid deadlocks and boost performance.

https://medium.com/@anders_pedersen/net-memory-dump-analysis-with-dumplinq-8a7a73f1c136?source=rss------dotnet-5

Long-running services that handle millions of requests will occasionally end up in a bad state and require a restart.

https://medium.com/@nikolaajdukovic/linq-in-c-understanding-the-selectmany-operator-part-1-50f1860dd760?source=rss------csharp-5

Flattening Hierarchies, One Sequence at a Time

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-implement-global-exception-handling-in-asp-net-core/

Master global exception handling in ASP.NET Core for robust, scalable APIs. Learn to implement middleware, custom exceptions, and standardized error responses.

https://cloudmersive.medium.com/how-to-detect-phishing-from-text-input-in-c-net-997c56d43ad4?source=rss------dotnet-5

Phishing attacks are increasingly coming from unconventional inputs.

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-fix-cors-error-in-asp-net-core/

Solve ASP.NET Core CORS errors! This guide explains CORS, why errors occur, and provides step-by-step solutions for secure, production-ready configurations. Learn to fix cross-origin issues!