Visual Studio Adds Powerful New Planning Feature
Satya Karki Introduction In October 2025, Microsoft announced a new preview feature for Visual Studio: “Planning in Visual Studio”. Microsoft for Developers The idea: give developers and teams a way to work
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Production-Grade Global Exception Handling in ASP.NET Core — An Architect’s Guide
Exception handling is one of those fundamental aspects of software development that often gets overlooked until something goes wrong in production. In any .NET application, exceptions are inevitable — they
Add Support For .NET 9 in GitHub Codespaces
The current GitHub Codespaces environment only has the .NET 8 SDK installed, which does not support .NET 9.0. To enable .NET 9 support, you need to install the .NET 9
Mastering yield return in C#: A Practical Guide for Modern .NET Developers
Rijwan Ansari In modern enterprise applications, performance and memory efficiency are critical. Whether you're building APIs, processing large datasets, or working with real-time streams, you often need to return sequences of data…
Eliminate Bugs and Bottlenecks Faster with Copilot Profiler in Visual Studio
Introduction Debugging is a fact of life for every developer. We spend hours chasing down elusive bugs, adding breakpoints, sprinkling in Console.WriteLine statements, and scrolling through endless stack traces. Profiling
Speaking at Software Architecture Conference 2025
We’re excited to announce that Rijwan and I will be speaking at the Software Architecture Conference 2025! This global conference is one of the most anticipated gatherings for architects, developers,
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A Closer Look at Agent Mode in Visual Studio 17.14
Introduction With the release of Visual Studio 17.14, Microsoft has introduced a groundbreaking feature in public preview: Agent Mode for GitHub Copilot. This feature takes the AI-assisted development experience to
The Developer’s Guide to Effective Error Handling in .NET Web APIs
Background There was a time when my wife and I were both working for a U.S.-based company from Nepal. Since the platform we worked on was an e-commerce system for
Productivity Hacks for .NET Developers: Tools, Extensions & Shortcuts You Shouldn’t Miss
As .NET developers, we’re often racing against deadlines, juggling multiple repositories, debugging elusive bugs, and constantly striving to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code. The good news? There are tons
Implementing Azure Key vault in ASP.NET Core Application
What is Azure Key Vault? Azure Key Vault is a cloud-based service that securely stores and manages secrets, such as API keys, passwords, certificates, and cryptographic keys. It enhances security