The .NET News Daily Issue #389

https://henriquesd.medium.com/prompt-engineering-self-consistency-direct-stimulus-react-915f2b47d8a9?source=rss-6c0c2fb74009------2

In this article, I present the Self-Consistency, Direct Stimulus Prompting (DST), and ReAct (Reasoning + Acting) techniques . When executed multiple times, the answers are compared to identify those t...

https://medium.com/@a88459459/how-to-demonstrate-deep-c-knowledge-a-guide-through-delegates-and-events-1c1ee5537150?source=rss------csharp-5

Preparing for a C# interview? Or looking to validate your senior-level expertise? Here’s the truth: nothing showcases your advanced grasp…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvJwxb_EvZE

In this video, I demo the GitHub Copilot app modernization agent inside Visual Studio and walk through the full upgrade workflow: Assessment → Planning → Execution. You’ll see a full end-to-end demo o...

https://medium.com/@aman.toumaj/robust-strategy-pattern-in-net-10-building-a-fail-safe-tax-calculation-engine-5ecb3003f2dd?source=rss------dotnet-5

Practical guide to building a flexible, testable, and fail-safe tax calculation engine using C# features. Why your next business-critical…

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/soft-delete-in-azure-sql/

Sometimes applications need to remove data without actually losing it. Soft delete keeps rows in the database while making them invisible to normal application access. This is especially valuable when...

https://elanchezhiyan-p.medium.com/our-net-api-was-taking-8-seconds-to-respond-heres-how-i-brought-it-down-to-200ms-850e064a59f2?source=rss------csharp-5

“The API is slow again.” — Four words every backend developer dreads hearing on a Monday morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeH0PWdl_Hc

https://medium.com/@sweetondonie/new-to-net-start-here-a9a934d8c1a9?source=rss------dotnet-5

If .NET still feels confusing after tutorials, you’re not doing anything wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOAAKp9NYDw

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/azure-cosmos-db-data-explorer-now-supports-dark-mode/

If you spend time in the Azure Portal’s using Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer, you know it’s a “lots of screens, lots of tabs, lots of work happening” kind of place. So I’m excited to share a small upgr...

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/hire-c-sharp-developer-how-companies-find-the-right-talent-for-scalable-software/

Looking to hire a C# developer for your startup or enterprise project? Learn how to find skilled C# and .NET developers, avoid hiring mistakes, and work with experienced consultants and architects to ...

https://codeopinion.com/your-idempotent-code-is-lying-to-you/

You have some code that handles placing an order. This could be an HTTP API or a message handler. You made it idempotent. You added a unique constraint on some kind of message ID. And somehow… you sti...

https://donmahsu.medium.com/result-pattern-handling-expected-failures-without-using-exceptions-86bae15d9d9c?source=rss------dotnet-5

Recently, while I was cleaning up some business logic in an old system, I noticed that almost all error handling was done with try/catch…

https://medium.com/@denmaklucky/ef-core-things-i-wish-id-known-earlier-0498826fdebf?source=rss------csharp-5

Entity Framework in general, and DbContext in particular, are powerful things. If you want to deepen your understanding that help you use…

https://medium.com/scrum-and-coke/building-modern-web-applications-with-angular-net-and-oauth-2-0-complete-tutorial-series-7ea97ed3fc56?source=rss------dotnet-5

Learn how to build secure, scalable enterprise applications using the CAT Pattern (Client, API Resource, Token Service) with Angular 20… Continue reading on Scrum and Coke »

http://feeds.hanselman.com/~/945480803/0/scotthanselman~The-danger-of-glamourizing-one-shots

People should not be judging AI-augmented coding by “1 shots.” If someone told you that their model did a “one shot of Minecraft” and they’re impressed by that, you need to consider how much semantic...