The .NET News Daily Issue #356

https://techwatching.dev/posts/christmas-story-generator

In this article, I will explain how I built a website to generate Christmas Stories my almost 5-year-old daughter using C# and AI related technologies (GitHub Spec Kit, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft.Exten...

https://nelsonyounus.medium.com/mediatr-implementation-the-industry-standard-way-to-build-serious-net-apis-22e01417ff34?source=rss------dotnet-5

https://nelsonyounus.medium.com/mastering-asp-net-core-middleware-how-every-request-flows-25be47c92db9?source=rss------dotnet-5

https://medium.com/@vahidbakhtiaryinfo/event-driven-architecture-without-the-chaos-84a9ad45675e?source=rss------dotnet-5

When Events Simplify Systems — and When They Destroy Them

https://medium.com/@kerimkkara/why-most-clean-architecture-implementations-fail-in-net-c0c4cd70097f?source=rss------csharp-5

Clean Architecture is not hard. Misunderstanding it is.

https://blog.safia.rocks/2025/12/01/api-anatomy-asexisting/

A blog post dissecting Aspire's RunAsExisting, PublishAsExisting, and AsExisting APIs, why the naming haunts me, and what I would've done differently if I could turn back time.

https://medium.com/@erhan355/async-isnt-magic-7d8314e8d9b0?source=rss------dotnet-5

It’s basically state machines, logical flows, and a little AsyncLocal.

https://medium.com/@syeedmdtalha/custom-middleware-in-asp-net-core-beginner-friendly-guide-afe9df7ed476?source=rss------dotnet-5

If you are new to ASP.NET Core, the word “Middleware” may sound confusing. But don’t worry — after reading this article, you will clearly…

https://medium.com/@sachinghadi/ienumerable-vs-iqueryable-in-net-a-performance-perspective-0250fa2f6eef?source=rss------dotnet-5

One of the most overlooked performance decisions in .NET applications happens quietly —  right at the LINQ interface level.

https://dilankam.medium.com/authentication-in-net-part-11-tenant-aware-identity-data-isolation-a195bc29c515?source=rss------dotnet-5

In Part 10, we secured Web APIs using policy-based scopes issued by an Identity Provider. Now Part 11, we go one level deeper and address…

https://antondevtips.com/blog/12-essential-distributed-system-design-patterns-every-architect-should-know

Learn the 12 most important distributed system design patterns that every software architect needs to master: API Gateway, Point To Point Async Integration, Publish/Subscribe, OutBox, CQRS, Saga, Side

https://medium.com/@mariammaurice/modeling-a-domain-with-domain-driven-design-from-scratch-412138d024bf?source=rss------csharp-5

A Practical, Code-First Guide (DDD Mega Series — Part 1/3)

https://build5nines.com/prompt-noise-is-killing-your-ai-accuracy-how-to-optimize-context-for-grounded-output/

The most common reason an AI system "hallucinates" in production isn't that the model is dumb. It's that we're drowning it.

https://medium.com/@mohsho10/this-one-line-of-asp-net-core-code-allocates-more-than-you-think-6dda25e02b02?source=rss------csharp-5

(And why your API burns memory before business logic even starts) Continue reading on Towards Dev »