As engineers, we love powerful tools. WebSockets. SignalR. Message brokers. Real-time frameworks layered on top of other real-time frameworks. But after building and maintaining production systems for years, I’ve learned
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
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
Legacy code is a challenge every software team faces. Old systems often slow down delivery, introduce technical debt, and make maintenance difficult. As senior developers and architects, our goal is…
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,
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
Flexibility in database selection is critical in modern application development. A Web API should support multiple database options such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite without major code changes.…
Introduction Quartz.NET is an open-source job scheduling library for .NET applications, enabling developers to execute background tasks at specified times or intervals. This article explains what is quartz, it’s applications
Entity Framework (EF) is the most popular object-relational mapper (ORM) for .NET developers. It provides an abstraction over database access and improves developer productivity. With the release of .NET 9,…
Introduction The Api.http file in a .NET project is a text file containing one or more HTTP requests that can be executed directly from the development environment such as Visual
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