The .NET News Daily Issue #414

https://dotnettips.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/dotnetdave-says-rushing-into-coding-without-proper-planning-will-lead-to-costly-mistakes-and-delays/

Effective software projects require thorough planning and architecture before coding begins. Skipping these steps often leads to costly mistakes, delays, and technical debt. A strong foundation improv...

https://www.faciletechnolab.com//blog/top-10-software-development-trends-in-2026/

Discover the Top 10 Software Development Trends in 2026. AI-native development, edge computing, DevSecOps, cloud-native strategies, sustainability, and practical steps to future-proof your software.

https://blog.stackademic.com/building-high-performance-apis-with-asp-net-core-a-practical-guide-for-production-9ce5c2e61ed9?source=rss------dotnet-5

Modern applications live and die by API performance. Slow endpoints increase infrastructure costs, reduce scalability, and hurt user… Continue reading on Stackademic »

https://consultwithgriff.com/dapper-nvarchar-implicit-conversion-performance-trap

A common Dapper pattern that causes SQL Server to ignore your indexes and scan entire tables.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BB9-kWb1Tc

https://www.meziantou.net/creating-case-sensitive-folders-on-windows-using-csharp.htm

Windows has supported case-sensitive file operations for a long time, but it was not easily accessible or enabled by default. Since Windows 10 (version 1803), it is possible to enable case sensitivity...

https://andrewlock.net/splitting-the-netescapades-enumgenerators-packages-the-road-to-a-stable-release/

In this post I describe the recent architectural changes to the NetEscapades.EnumGenerators package, which is now a metapackage, to support more scenarios

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-generate-otp-in-c-sharp/

Learn how to generate OTP (One-Time Password) in C# using both basic and secure methods. Implement secure authentication and verification in your applications.

https://antondevtips.com/blog/yarp-as-api-gateway-in-dotnet

Master YARP as an API Gateway for your .NET microservices. This guide covers routing, load balancing, centralized security and authentication, path rewriting, Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) patterns, rate

https://shadhujan.medium.com/demystifying-net-4ef316b8f9e1?source=rss------dotnet-5

The Missing Manual for password security, understanding CPU vs. I/O-bound work, and why your password verification is pure synchronous…

https://codewithmukesh.com/blog/global-query-filters-efcore/

Master global query filters in EF Core 10 with named filters, soft delete, multi-tenancy, IgnoreQueryFilters, and performance tips.

https://steven-giesel.com/blogPost/5a750fbf-cbf1-44dc-b864-70bedd8a29a9

We have Join. We have LeftJoin. We have RightJoin. But somehow we still don't have a proper full outer join in LINQ. That might come soon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvwcWWp1NFs

https://www.jimmybogard.com/automapper-16-1-and-mediatr-14-1-released/

Today I released AutoMapper 16.1 and MediatR 14.1 (as part of now regular quarterly releases): AutoMapper Release Notes MediatR Release Notes AutoMapper added some interesting features, allowing for f...

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2026/03/10/Building-an-MCP-Server-in-New-VS-Codes-New-Tool-Catalog-in-AI-Toolkit-Extension.aspx

Microsoft's AI Toolkit extension for VS Code now lets developers scaffold a working MCP server in minutes. Here's what that looks like in practice -- including the parts that don't work, and a simpler...