The .NET News Daily Issue #357

https://unhandledexceptionpodcast.com/posts/0083-playwright/

In this episode, I was joined by Debbie O’Brien to chat about Playwright - Microsoft’s open-source end-to-end testing framework. I’m a huge fan of Playwright, so I was really excited to have this chat...

https://medium.com/@timmaes/facet-traditional-mappers-in-2026-06c907c60dd6?source=rss------csharp-5

The Mapper Problem

https://medium.com/@leogcrocha/context-propagation-in-distributed-applications-and-microservices-34242b90c06d?source=rss------dotnet-5

In this post, I’ll discuss something essential but often ignored. Context Propagation (CP). Even applications that uses OpenTelemetry for…

https://medium.com/@abhirajgawai/c-channels-explained-from-producer-consumer-basics-to-high-performance-net-systems-f8ab610c0639?source=rss------dotnet-5

C# Channels provide a precise way to control flow, apply backpressure, and coordinate async work inside high-traffic .NET applications.

https://antondevtips.com/blog/implementing-large-file-uploads-and-downloads-in-azure-blob-storage-with-dotnet

Learn how to get started with Azure Storage Account, how to create an account, enable anonymous file access and create blob storage. Learn how to implement efficient large file uploads and downloads i

https://medium.com/@sayed.cse01/why-we-abandoned-enums-for-strings-in-our-net-grpc-service-fc0c7b1bb47c?source=rss------dotnet-5

Here is the story of why we spent hours fighting the Protobuf specification, and why we ultimately decided to serialize our Enums as…

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/how-do-c-sharp-records-improve-the-design-of-data-transfer-objects-dtos-in-net-applications

Discover how C# records revolutionize DTO design in .NET! Learn why they're often superior to classes for data transfer, offering immutability, and value-based equality.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VlkqsUuw9l8

https://medium.com/@rp99452/framework-vs-core-vs-5-the-net-confusion-finally-solved-4c8e5471cf60?source=rss------dotnet-5

For nearly two decades, .NET Framework was the king of Windows development. It was powerful but tied strictly to..

https://rahulsahay19.medium.com/databases-are-not-a-religion-stop-choosing-tech-like-a-fanboy-29bc0253d530?source=rss------dotnet-5

Every few months, the tech internet discovers a new “best database”.

https://medium.com/@nagarajvela/why-asp-net-core-feels-stable-in-a-fast-changing-world-3d3bd106bbbf?source=rss------dotnet-5

Unpacking the Reliability of ASP.NET Core

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/c-sharp-14-from-helper-classes-to-first-class-apis/

C# 14 extension members introduce extension properties, operators, and static members. Learn how they transform helper classes into first-class APIs and enable modern, expressive, and binary-safe .NET...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey1-FuAUgkI