The .NET News Daily Issue #463

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/c-sharp-word-library-comparing-7-options-for-net-developers-in-2026/

Explore the top 7 C# Word libraries for .NET in 2026. Compare features, licensing, and performance to choose the best option for document generation, parsing, and conversion.

http://www.binaryintellect.net/articles/d454ecd2-5e85-4140-bd99-bf61c7216835.aspx

Every application reaches a point where it must make a choice. How should a list be sorted? How should a payment be processed? Which discount should be applied? How should a user be authenticated? The...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AuAvhVvpbF0

https://serkanozbeykurucu.medium.com/5-dependency-injection-anti-patterns-i-see-in-almost-every-net-codebase-fdc6f3056a66?source=rss------dotnet-5

very .NET developer uses DI. We register services in Program.cs,

https://www.milanjovanovic.tech/blog/how-to-scale-long-running-api-requests

When a single API call takes minutes to finish, it punishes both your users and your server. Here's the progression I walk through to turn long-running endpoints into something responsive, scalable, a...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3kYj9mu9ssM

https://codewithmukesh.com/blog/ihostedservice-vs-backgroundservice-dotnet/

IHostedService vs BackgroundService in .NET 10. Side-by-side code, 5 production gotchas, decision matrix, and when to reach for Hangfire instead.

https://blog.dotnetframework.org/2026/05/20/the-static-httpclient-that-wouldnt-rotate-a-tale-of-pooled-connections/

The symptom A production .NET service had been running fine for months. It made outbound HTTP calls through a rotating proxy provider — the kind that promises a new exit IP for each request. Then one ...

https://medium.com/@krativarshney7/we-built-an-ai-agent-platform-on-net-then-microsoft-shipped-agent-framework-1-0-b3a778dd96d6?source=rss------dotnet-5

Six architecture mistakes from building an internal agent platform on Semantic Kernel — and the handful of decisions that meant the ground…

https://medium.com/@s.quddin/c-15-and-the-future-of-net-a-comprehensive-deep-dive-into-union-types-and-the-evolution-of-c-14-cd842f306233?source=rss------dotnet-5

Introduction: The Next Evolution of C#

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/foundry/how-to-run-evals-for-model-router/

One endpoint. Smarter spend. Model router in Foundry Models picks the optimal LLM for every prompt in real time based on signals like complexity, reasoning, and task type. Now with access to 28 fronti...

https://codewithmukesh.com/blog/repository-pattern-do-you-really-need-it/

I have shipped 50+ .NET APIs and most did not need a Repository Pattern. My sharp .NET 10 verdict on when to use it, when to skip it, what to use instead.

https://medium.com/@tejaswini.nareshit/repository-pattern-with-entity-framework-core-in-net-10-clean-architecture-simplified-9ea68f8831ee?source=rss------csharp-5

Building scalable applications in .NET 10 is not only about writing APIs — it is about writing maintainable code. That is why many…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsZ3q8OKsMM

In this video Maddy Montaquila demos what's going on behind the scenes with Agent Sessions with OpenTelemetry and Aspire in VS Code. https://aspire.dev/dashboard

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/nuget-package-pruning-in-dotnet-10/

Package pruning in .NET 10 removes platform-provided packages from your dependency graph. With transitive auditing enabled by default, projects with these defaults have 70% fewer transitive vulnerabil...

https://www.roundthecode.com/dotnet-blog/we-built-ai-tool-dotnet-csharp-developers-2-days

We built an AI tool for .NET and C# developers in just 2 days using Claude's API. Here's how we did it, the prompts we used, and how you can try it now. The page We built an AI tool for .NET/C# develo...