As we roll into Friday, the finish line of another bustling week in the .NET wilderness is in sight. Like a well-tuned classic car ready for a weekend cruise, today's newsletter is packed with insights to keep your development engine purring smoothly. Reflect on the triumphs and trials of the past days with articles that not only fuel your passion but also prepare your skillset for whatever next week throws your way. So, buckle up and let’s ensure your coding journey remains as thrilling as a Friday night premiere of the latest blockbuster.
Today's Articles
| .NET Isn’t Just Back. It’s The Future. | | https://medium.com/@krativarshney7/net-isnt-just-back-it-s-the-future-d0bb0cdccde7 Forget everything you thought you knew about Microsoft’s trusty old framework. The .NET you remember from the early 2000s is gone. In its… | |  | | |
| Enums in C#: A Beginner’s Guide to Smarter, Safer Code | | https://medium.com/@sweetondonie/enums-in-c-a-beginners-guide-to-smarter-safer-code-cd3374786bbe When I landed my first role as a backend dev, I was proud of how clean my code looked. | |  | | |
| You Thought Async Was Faster — These 5 Sync Fixes Prove Otherwise in .NET | | https://medium.com/@mohsho10/you-thought-async-was-faster-these-5-sync-fixes-prove-otherwise-in-net-a706c52b02bb A Masterclass for Senior .NET Engineers Who Benchmark, Not Just Refactor | |  | | |
| Even more Underrated .NET packages that will save you 100s of lines of code | | https://medium.com/@freakyali/even-more-underrated-net-packages-that-will-save-you-100s-of-lines-of-code-3aba6c0f5714 A second round of powerful, lesser-known libraries that can seriously upgrade your C# projects without bloating your codebase. | |  | | |
| Ask Mode vs Agent Mode – Choosing the Right Copilot Experience for .NET | | https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/ask-mode-vs-agent-mode/ GitHub Copilot Chat offers two powerful modes, Ask Mode and Agent Mode, that can dramatically accelerate your development. Learn when to use each mode to get the most out of this tool. The post Ask M... | |  | | |
| Diagnosing and Fixing Large Object Heap (LOH) Issues in .NET | | https://medium.com/@kittikawin_ball/diagnosing-and-fixing-large-object-heap-loh-issues-in-net-6433165f0dbe Identify and fix LOH issues affecting .NET performance | |  | | |
| 10 Sharp C# Tricks That Made My Codebase 30% Smaller | | https://medium.com/@yaseer.arafat/10-sharp-c-tricks-that-made-my-codebase-30-smaller-e35b7c7cb44c From Cleaner Logic to Smarter Performance — A Practical Ride Through C#’s Hidden Gems | |  | | |
| Coding agent integration in VS Code | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGYHPN5NNd0 | |  | | |
| SQL Best Practices from a .NET Core Developer’s Lens — What I Wish I Knew Earlier | | https://medium.com/@sunita.rawat.cgi/sql-best-practices-from-a-net-core-developers-lens-what-i-wish-i-knew-earlier-b954a8b83a41 When I started building APIs in ASP.NET Core backed by SQL Server, I never thought the way I wrote queries or structured data access could… | |  | | |
| 5 More .NET Tips That Make Your Code Faster, Smarter & Leaner | | https://medium.com/@freakyali/5-more-net-tips-that-make-your-code-faster-smarter-leaner-e071f1a845f5 Advanced yet practical tricks to help you write faster, leaner, and more reliable .NET code. Continue reading on Stackademic » | |  | | |
| 🔥 How to Consume Web API in ASP.NET MVC Using HttpClien | | https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-consume-web-api-in-asp-net-mvc-using-httpclien/ Are you building an ASP.NET MVC application and need to fetch data from a Web API? Look no further! In this guide, you’ll learn how to consume Web API using the HttpClient class in ASP.NET MVC with re... | |  | | |
| Azure Blob Storage Is Not a Database — Here’s the Microsoft-Approved Fix | | https://blog.devgenius.io/azure-blob-storage-is-not-a-database-heres-the-microsoft-approved-fix-c51278ce3bf9 You’re not building a database. You’re building a trap. Continue reading on Dev Genius » | |  | | |
| 10 Code Patterns That Shrink Your Azure Bill (Used by Microsoft Engineers) | | https://medium.com/@mohsho10/10-code-patterns-that-shrink-your-azure-bill-used-by-microsoft-engineers-0209bcd1a4ff 🔥 Why This Blog Matters | |  | | |
| Vibe Coding Is Actually Prompt-Oriented Development (POD) | | https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/vibe-coding-is-actually-prompt-oriented-development-pod/ Prompt-Oriented Development (POD) is a disciplined approach to AI-assisted coding. Unlike "vibe coding," POD emphasizes structured prompting, critical thinking, and collaborative software de... | | | | |
| A complete guide to async programming in C#: understand threading, non-blocking I/O, await… | | https://medium.com/@lstalin.paul/a-complete-guide-to-async-programming-in-c-understand-threading-non-blocking-i-o-await-f3f178dc6746 Learn how asynchronous programming works under the hood in C#. From thread behavior to await, SynchronizationContext, and ConfigureAwait | |  | | |
| Building Modern Web Applications with ASP.NET Core | | https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/building-modern-web-applications-with-asp-net-core/ ASP.NET Core is a cross-platform, high-performance framework for building modern web apps. It offers modular design, cloud readiness, and support for Razor Pages, APIs, middleware, and modern front-en... | | | | |
| Why .NET 9 Is Slower in Production (And How to Fix Its GC Bottleneck) | | https://medium.com/inside-the-if/why-net-9-is-slower-in-production-and-how-to-fix-its-gc-bottleneck-99b6cbbb4dd8 Seeing random CPU spikes, memory leaks, or degraded throughput after upgrading to .NET 9? This GC configuration fix boosts performance by… Continue reading on Inside the IF » | |  | | |
| Rethinking Switch Statements in C#: Embrace Polymorphism Instead | | https://blog.stackademic.com/rethinking-switch-statements-in-c-embrace-polymorphism-instead-a68689b214f9 👋 Introduction: The Moment It Clicked. Continue reading on Stackademic » | |  | | |
| Building a Cohesive .NET-Powered Data Platform | | https://medium.com/@Adem_Korkmaz/building-a-cohesive-net-powered-data-platform-7cb67025fb73 Big Data, Lakehouse, Data Mesh, BI, Data Warehousing: From Concepts to Production Continue reading on JavaScript in Plain English » | |  | | |
