The .NET News Daily Issue #381

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/net-10-and-c-sharp-14-the-game-has-changed/

.NET 10 and C# 14: The Game Has Changed A principal engineer's perspective on why this release matters

https://medium.com/@sainitesh/implementing-distributed-caching-in-web-api-with-azure-managed-redis-995dc014b88c?source=rss------dotnet-5

I’ve worked with caching before — storing AI chat request/response pairs in Cosmos DB to avoid redundant model calls, and caching API…

https://medium.com/@recurpixel/how-i-built-my-first-net-package-and-got-500-downloads-444090ff068d?source=rss------dotnet-5

How a simple idea turned into a comprehensive message management library

https://medium.com/@personberg/zeta-its-time-to-rethink-validation-in-net-6d73f053da68?source=rss------csharp-5

For most of my career, FluentValidation has been the unquestioned default for validation in .NET.

https://medium.com/@cer79cag/tracking-net-api-endpoints-easily-and-faster-with-aspire-dashboard-99551cc3db97?source=rss------dotnet-5

In this article, we will explore how to easily track and analyze the endpoints of a simple .NET API using the Aspire Dashboard Docker…

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2026/01/20/Supercharging-GenAI-Apps-with-PostgreSQL-and-Azure-AI.aspx

Learn how to supercharge your GenAI apps with PostgreSQL and Azure AI. Lino Tadros shows how PGVector and AI Extensions in VS Code turn PostgreSQL into an intelligent foundation for high-performance G...

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/react-native/🚀react-native-windows-v0-81-is-here/

App developers require performance, stability, and cross-platform consistency such as fast startups, smooth UI, and seamless code sharing across Windows, Android, and iOS as these factors directly imp...

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/5-most-confusing-net-interview-questions-explained-for-beginners-with-simple/

Ace your .NET interview! Demystifying async/await, dependency injection, service lifetimes, IEnumerable vs IQueryable, and middleware with clear examples. Master these fundamentals!

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/events-in-c-sharp-explained-with-a-real-world-example/

Learn C# events with a real-world patient recovery scenario! Master the publisher-subscriber pattern, EventHandler<TEventArgs>, and build loosely coupled applications. Ideal for beginners!

https://medium.com/@kavathiyakhushali/human-in-the-loop-approvals-in-microsoft-agent-framework-a-practical-guide-f8b24e8b0279?source=rss------dotnet-5

When building intelligent AI agents with the Microsoft Agent Framework, you sometimes want to give humans the final say before certain… Continue reading on GoPenAI »

https://jeremydmiller.com/2026/01/20/easier-query-models-with-marten/

The Marten community made our first big release of the new year with 8.18 this morning. I'm particularly happy with a couple significant things in this release: We had 8 different contributors in just...

https://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2026/01/23/Hands-On-Testing-Cursor-Windsurf-and-VS-Code-on-Text-to-Web-Site-Generation.aspx

A hands-on comparison shows how Cursor, Windsurf, and Visual Studio Code approach text-to-website generation differently once they move beyond the basics and begin redesigning and extending their own ...