LINQ, Blazor, EF Core, and more

Top 10 LINQ Patterns That Made My .NET Code Cleaner in 2025

https://medium.com/@venkataramanaguptha/top-10-linq-patterns-that-made-my-net-code-cleaner-in-2025-4ed961f2cad8

If you’re a .NET developer in 2025 and you’re not using LINQ to its full potential, you’re writing more code than you need to.

25 .NET Interview Questions I Ask as a Hiring Manager (With Real Answers)

https://medium.com/@venkataramanaguptha/25-net-interview-questions-i-ask-as-a-hiring-manager-with-real-answers-28155ca575f3

From fundamentals to architecture — these are the questions that separate juniors from real-world-ready developers.

Master Serverless Architecture Using .NET

https://medium.com/@Adem_Korkmaz/master-serverless-architecture-using-net-d6e9c1952f65

An In-Depth Exploration of Theory, Code, and Best Practices Continue reading on DevOps.dev »

This One Reflection Trick Made My C# Code 10x Smarter!

https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/this-one-reflection-trick-made-my-c-code-10x-smarter-9f4d5927d6ec?source=rss------dotnet-5

This One Reflection Trick Made My C# Code 10x Smarter! (Designed in Canva) Continue reading on Write A Catalyst »

Advanced Blazor Component Techniques for Clean, Scalable UI Development

https://medium.com/@robhutton8/advanced-blazor-component-techniques-for-clean-scalable-ui-development-7e8f03dd3e89

Master advanced Blazor: RenderFragment<string>, chained binds, DynamicComponent, cascading values, and clean architecture for scalable UI.

Mastering Transaction Management in .NET 9

https://medium.com/@Adem_Korkmaz/mastering-transaction-management-in-net-9-94e63eff0504?source=rss------csharp-5

Transactions From TransactionScope to Distributed Patterns

Using RAG architecture for generative tasks

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/using-rag-architecture-for-generative-tasks/

This article explores using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with LLMs to create artistic text, combining personal datasets, prompt engineering, and synthetic data for more relevant, high-quality ...

Mastering API Versioning in .NET Web API: Best Practices for 2025

https://medium.com/@venkataramanaguptha/mastering-api-versioning-in-net-web-api-best-practices-for-2025-8226529551a2

API evolution is inevitable — new features are added, old ones deprecated. But how do you ensure existing consumers don’t break when your…

Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting .NET

https://medium.com/@areebaiqbal0002/things-i-wish-i-knew-before-starting-net-95a4b82e823a

When I first stepped into the .NET world, I had no idea what I was getting into. All I knew was: companies used it, it sounded serious…

Taming the Cartesian Explosion — A One-Line Trick to Turbo-Charge EF Core With Query Splitting

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/taming-the-cartesian-explosion-a-one-line-trick-to-turbo-charge-ef-core-with-query-splitting-099738f60370

What’s the story about? It’s that slow-motion moment when your “simple” Include-laden LINQ query balloons into a megabyte-sized SQL…

Mastering Named, Positional, and Input/Output Parameters in Stored Procedures with EF Core

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/mastering-named-positional-and-inputoutput-parameters-in-stored-procedures-wi/

Understanding Name Parameters, Positional Parameters, Input/Output Parameters, and Their Usage in Stored Procedures with EF Core

Stop Writing Null Checks Like It’s 2010 — Use This C# Trick Instead

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/stop-writing-null-checks-like-its-2010-use-this-c-trick-instead-66b792902a34

“NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.” If this line haunts you, you’re not alone. Continue reading on .Net Programming »

Meet the DocumentDB Extension for VS Code and DocumentDB Local — A Fast, Friendly Way to Work with DocumentDB, Locally and Beyond

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/meet-the-documentdb-extension-for-vs-code-and-documentdb-local-a-fast-friendly-way-to-work-with-documentdb-locally-and-beyond/

Say hello to the new DocumentDB extension for Visual Studio Code—an efficient open-source database tool that brings your MongoDB API and DocumentDB databases right into your editor. Designed for devel...

C# Networking with Chris Woodruff

http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?ShowNum=1951

Do you understand how networking works in C#? Carl and Richard chat with Chris Woody Woodruff about his new book on networking with C#. Chris runs down the fundamentals of networking and then discusse...

Announcing the General Availability (GA) of JSON data type & JSON aggregates…

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/announcing-the-general-availability-ga-of-json-data-type-json-aggregates/

We are excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of the native JSON data type and JSON aggregates – JSON_OBJECTAGG & JSON_ARRAYAGG. You can use the JSON data type and JSON aggregates to in...

Stop Using Enums in Your .NET Application (Here’s a Smarter Way)

https://itnext.io/stop-using-enums-in-your-net-application-heres-a-smarter-way-a5466cb42596

Say goodbye to rigid switch statements and hello to testable, polymorphic logic with the State Pattern. Continue reading on ITNEXT »

A Gem for Plugin Management in a .NET Environment

https://medium.com/@bantawasama_1182/a-gem-for-plugin-management-in-a-net-environment-dbf65bebddaa

I recently completed a project where the goal was to build an application that could integrate seamlessly with various third-party…

This One C# Trick Replaces 100 Lines of Code (And Nobody Talks About It)

https://blog.devgenius.io/this-one-c-trick-replaces-100-lines-of-code-and-nobody-talks-about-it-9e3f61a0c334?source=rss------dotnet-5

“The most powerful features are the ones you forget you’re using.” – Every productive C# developer, ever. Continue reading on Dev Genius »