Editor's note
I curated a pretty mixed bag this time, from payments and identity to tooling and language craft. The Stripe guide and the ASP.NET Core Identity 2FA walkthrough stand out for shipping real-world app features, while the Visual Studio and .NET 10 pieces are useful for keeping your day-to-day stack current.
Stripe, Identity, and .NET 10
Jasen Fici
March 10, 2025
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Jasen's take on today's picks
Integrating Stripe in .NET 8: A Complete Guide Using C#
A practical Stripe integration guide for .NET 8 if you need to wire up payments without overcomplicating the app.
A solid refactoring primer, useful if you want a quick reset on when and why to improve existing code.
.NET 10: Game-Changer or Just Another Version?
A thoughtful look at .NET 10 that should help you separate real platform value from version-cycle noise.
C# Data Trick You Can’t Ignore: Allowed & Denied Values Unveiled
A data-values article that leans into a handy C# trick rather than a broad theory lesson.
Implement Phone verification, 2FA using ASP.NET Core Identity
A clear ASP.NET Core Identity walkthrough for phone verification and 2FA, which is still a common production requirement.
Making Sense of Stacks in .NET
A stacks refresher that’s more about fundamentals than novelty, but fundamentals matter.
.NET Aspirations - Tailor It To Your Stack
A good Aspire customization post for teams trying to fit the platform to their own stack.
API Documentation with Scalar in ASP .NET Core
Scalar API docs in ASP.NET Core is a useful pick if you’re tuning developer experience on your web APIs.
Queue-Based Load Leveling Pattern (Starring Phi4, LangChain4j and Azure Service Bus)
A Microsoft Service Bus load-leveling example that’s more interesting for the pattern than the Java framing.
How you can reverse engineer .NET application
Reverse engineering .NET apps is a niche topic, but it’s handy when you need to inspect behavior or recover intent.
The Future of .NET: What’s Coming in .NET 10?
Another .NET 10 perspective, this one focused on what may change and why it matters.
C# Tips & Tricks You Wish You Knew Sooner
C# tips and tricks articles are hit-or-miss, but the best ones still surface small wins you can use immediately.
.NET R&D Digest (February 2025)
The R&D digest is a nice catch-up piece for people who like seeing what the community explored last month.
Let's Learn .NET - GitHub Copilot (Portuguese)
GitHub Copilot in Portuguese broadens the issue beyond text-only reads and is a good learning pick for multilingual teams.
Great new productivity features in Visual Studio
Visual Studio productivity updates are always worth skimming because they can pay back every single day.
Unlock new possibilities for AI Evaluations for .NET
Microsoft’s AI evaluations library is worth attention if you’re bringing more discipline to AI-assisted .NET work.
MemoryCache coverage is practical reading if you’re still tuning in-memory performance and cache behavior.
Asynchronous Streaming in .NET
Async streaming deserves more airtime; it’s one of those features that changes how you design APIs and pipelines.
Middleware in ASP.NET Core: How to Extend and Optimize Your API
Middleware guidance remains one of the best ways to understand where to plug in cross-cutting behavior in ASP.NET Core.
C# Local Functions: Your Secret Weapon for Cleaner Code
Local functions are still an underrated C# tool for keeping implementation detail close to the code that uses it.