The .NET News Daily Issue #452

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/java/github-copilot-modernize-101-is-live-on-the-microsoft-developer-channel/

Modernization used to be something you avoided until you couldn’t anymore. A big rewrite. A long migration plan. A risky cutover. Something you’d maybe do once every few years—if you had to. That mod

https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiY0FVX3lxTE1zemhMbWswSkR6SUVISjF5UGV1Zy1iNXNldklMNHJoZ2dKWTFFSEVQaDBzZ1hRYU5UbTh3SzhXUjE4REs5M1Jsa2VsM09QN3MzS3hzWm1WdzViY1ZTOVc2Y01URQ?oc=5

Implementing the Sidecar Pattern in Microservices-based ASP.NET Core Applications

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2026/05/05/building-and-using-mcp-servers-in-visual-studio.aspx

Microsoft Product Manager Mike Kistler previews his Visual Studio Live! session on how MCP servers give .NET developers a universal standard for connecting AI models to external data and tools -- and ...

https://www.pietschsoft.com/post/2026/05/05/remembering-planet-source-code-sharing-code-before-github-made-it-easy

Every once in a while, something from the early days of my software development journey resurfaces and brings with it a flood of memories. Recently, I came across a PlanetSourceCode.com archived GitHu...

https://medium.com/@adrianw-dev/i-built-a-disaster-relief-web-app-then-realized-i-didnt-fully-understand-it-7796c83c0f22?source=rss------dotnet-5

I built a Disaster Relief Web App using C# and .NET.

https://csharpdigest.net/newsletters/2268-high-performance-distributed-caching-with-net

when the in-memory cache expires the database cache keeps things fast

https://medium.com/@alikeb1990/three-ef-core-bugs-that-quietly-kill-production-net-apps-and-how-to-catch-them-early-b38892b17c35?source=rss------dotnet-5

A field guide for .NET teams who’ve outgrown “it works on my machine” — covers EF Core 8, 9, and 10

https://www.meziantou.net/disable-http-caching-by-default-in-asp-net-core-apis.htm?utm_medium=social&utm_source=syndication

When building APIs with ASP.NET Core, it's crucial to explicitly control caching behavior. Unlike web pages where caching often improves user experience, API responses should not be cached by default ...

https://medium.com/@logeshdevi2002/i-stopped-rewriting-the-same-spreadsheet-every-month-2ee29d5e076f?source=rss------dotnet-5

How I turned “where did it go?” into an app I actually open on my phone.

https://medium.com/@ninascott646/future-of-net-development-and-why-you-should-invest-in-net-talent-03e82e35655a?source=rss------dotnet-5

Technology moves fast, but some development frameworks continue to evolve with it-and .NET is one of them.

https://medium.com/@muskankumari00999.mk/implementing-localization-in-asp-net-ed74771bca71?source=rss------csharp-5

When I first started implementing localization in ASP.NET Core MVC, I thought it would be a small feature.

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How Enterprise Software Is Built with ASP.NET in 2026: What Actually Happens Behind the Scenes

https://www.pietschsoft.com/post/2026/05/07/csharp-class-record-struct-or-interface-how-to-choose

Every time you add a new type to a C# codebase, you face the same quiet decision: class, record, struct, or interface? And once you pick class, a second wave of questions arrives — should it be abstra...

https://blog.dotnetframework.org/2026/05/07/thread-pool-exhaustion-in-asp-net-the-async-database-trap/

If you’ve ever migrated a working ASP.NET application from synchronous database calls to async, and suddenly found yourself hitting connection pool timeouts under load, you’ve likely fallen into one o...