Home Archive Background jobs and security picks – .NET News Daily Issue #368 (Jan 13, 2026)

Editor's note

I curated a pretty mixed lineup today, with infrastructure, security, language internals, and AI tooling all in the same issue. The background jobs piece is a strong compare-and-contrast for teams choosing between Hangfire, Quartz.NET, Temporal, and built-in services, while the auth best practices article is a solid refresher for anyone shipping web apps. I also included the NuGet version post because build hygiene still bites experienced teams.

Background jobs and security picks

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Background Jobs and Schedulers in .NET: From Hangfire to Temporal — Choosing the Right Tool

https://medium.com/net-code-chronicles/background-jobs-schedulers-dotnet-abfbf49aa79f?source=rss------dotnet-5

Compare Hangfire, Quartz.NET, Temporal and .NET 9 BackgroundService for background jobs, retries, monitoring and tracing in 2026. Continue reading on .Net Code Chronicles »

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WebForms Core Is Now Available on NuGet

https://mohammad-rabie.medium.com/webforms-core-is-now-available-on-nuget-46b6033bfdaa?source=rss------csharp-5

We’re excited to announce that WebForms Core, the server-driven UI technology developed by Elanat, is now officially available on NuGet…

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Authentication and authorization best practices in .Net

https://empty-chair.medium.com/authentication-and-authorization-best-practices-in-net-442b986bbfe1?source=rss------dotnet-5

Authentication and authorization are two pillars of application security.

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https://jesseliberty.com/2026/01/05/logo/

Jesse Liberty has three decades of experience writing and delivering software projects and is the author of 2 dozen books and a couple dozen online courses. His latest book, Building APIs with .NET, i...

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Why string.Empty and “” Aren’t Always the Same Reference in .NET

https://jordansrowles.medium.com/why-string-empty-and-arent-always-the-same-reference-in-net-2f5556143f0a?source=rss------dotnet-5

The runtime does a lot of work behind the scenes to de-duplicate string instances, but the rules aren’t always obvious.

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Memory-Mapped Files for Cross-Process Communication in .NET

https://jordansrowles.medium.com/memory-mapped-files-for-cross-process-communication-in-net-1529848cfbb6?source=rss------dotnet-5

This could be helpful if you’re finding sockets too heavy, named pipes too restrictive, and you need genuine shared memory between…

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Building a Self-Fixing .NET 10 App with AI Agents

https://medium.com/@schmidt.jeanbaptiste/building-a-self-fixing-net-10-app-with-ai-agents-e8605cb11a99?source=rss------dotnet-5

A step-by-step guide to automating error analysis and remediation using Azure Monitor, Semantic Kernel, and LLMs.

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We Almost Shipped a Broken .NET Build Because of NuGet Versions (Here’s What Fixed It)

https://awstip.com/we-almost-shipped-a-broken-net-build-because-of-nuget-versions-heres-what-fixed-it-202061a1e764?source=rss------dotnet-5

It was a “safe” change. The kind you merge on autopilot. Continue reading on AWS Tip »

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Introduction to Prompt-Driven Development

https://dev.to/azure/introduction-to-prompt-driven-development-36b0

This article is part of the Prompt Driven Development series from the VS Code YouTube channel. It is based on the video Introduction to Prompt Driven Development and explains the concepts and workflow...

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Everything You Need to Know About List in C#

https://medium.com/codetodeploy/everything-you-need-to-know-about-list-t-in-c-86fb9e367bed?source=rss------csharp-5

Why treating it as “just a dynamic array” eventually bites you Continue reading on CodeToDeploy »

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Autofac: The IoC Container That Makes Dependency Injection Click

https://empty-chair.medium.com/autofac-the-ioc-container-that-makes-dependency-injection-click-fe05b92c6297?source=rss------dotnet-5

Dependency Injection (DI) is one of those ideas that sounds simple in theory but feels abstract in practice. “Autofac is the tool that…

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Environment-based Configuration in ASP.NET Core – appsettings.json, Environment Variables & Launch Profiles

https://codewithmukesh.com/blog/environment-based-configuration-aspnet-core/

Master configuration management in ASP.NET Core. Learn how to use appsettings.json, environment variables, launch profiles, and User Secrets to build applications that adapt seamlessly across Developm...

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What Is .NET? What's C# And F#? What's The .NET Ecosystem? .NET Core Explained, What Can .NET Build? Click Through The Next Document (u0oe1niXR8)

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What Is .NET? What's C# And F#? What's The .NET Ecosystem? .NET Core Explained, What Can .NET Build? Click Through The Next Document (u0oe1niXR8)

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JWT Authentication With ASP.NET Core Identity Done Right Just Click The Next Document (P81nrdBjX2)

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JWT Authentication With ASP.NET Core Identity Done Right Just Click The Next Document (P81nrdBjX2)

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Jasen's take on today's picks

Background Jobs and Schedulers in .NET: From Hangfire to Temporal — Choosing the Right Tool

Useful framing for teams deciding between scheduled jobs, workflows, and hosted services.

WebForms Core Is Now Available on NuGet

WebForms Core on NuGet is a notable niche update for teams still in that ecosystem.

Authentication and authorization best practices in .Net

A practical security refresher that stays relevant for real ASP.NET Core apps.

Why string.Empty and “” Aren’t Always the Same Reference in .NET

A runtime deep dive that explains why string interning assumptions can mislead you.

Memory-Mapped Files for Cross-Process Communication in .NET

Shared-memory communication is worth a look when sockets and pipes are not a fit.

Building a Self-Fixing .NET 10 App with AI Agents

AI agents meet ops here: automating analysis and remediation in a .NET 10 app.

We Almost Shipped a Broken .NET Build Because of NuGet Versions (Here’s What Fixed It)

Dependency version drift is still one of the easiest ways to ship a broken build.

Introduction to Prompt-Driven Development

Prompt-driven development is gaining traction; this is a good primer from the VS Code series.

Everything You Need to Know About List in C#

List fundamentals, but with the edge cases that matter in production.

Autofac: The IoC Container That Makes Dependency Injection Click

Autofac remains a clear on-ramp when DI concepts need to click.

Environment-based Configuration in ASP.NET Core – appsettings.json, Environment Variables & Launch Profiles

A clean walkthrough of environment-specific configuration in ASP.NET Core.

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