Editor's note
I pulled together a deliberately mixed lineup this time: AI-assisted modernization, core C# craft, performance work, and data/platform articles. The Copilot upgrade walkthrough is useful if you’re planning a legacy-to-modern .NET move, and the deep dive on delegates and events is a solid senior-level refresher. I also liked the idempotency piece because it gets past the theory and into the real failure modes we see in production.
Copilot upgrades and C# design
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Jasen's take on today's picks
Prompt Engineering — Self-Consistency, Direct Stimulus & ReAct
A practical look at prompt techniques, not just buzzwords.
How to Demonstrate Deep C# Knowledge: A Guide Through Delegates and Events
Good refresher on delegates and events for interview prep or real-world code reviews.
Upgrade to modern .NET with GitHub Copilot: Assess → Plan → Execute
A useful end-to-end modernization demo with Copilot in Visual Studio.
Robust Strategy Pattern in .NET 10: Building a Fail-Safe Tax Calculation Engine
A fail-safe strategy example grounded in business logic, not abstractions.
Enable Soft Delete in Azure SQL
Soft delete in Azure SQL is one of those features teams keep needing.
⚡ Our .NET API Was Taking 8 Seconds to Respond — Here’s How I Brought It Down to 200ms
A strong reminder that idempotency is trickier than the happy path suggests.
Getting started with the GitHub Copilot CLI, custom agents, MCP servers, and more
A clean explanation of result-style error handling without exception overuse.
VS Code Live - The Modern Software Product Organization
EF Core lessons that save time once your app grows up.
Hire C# Developer: How Companies Find the Right Talent for Scalable Software
A full web app/security tutorial spanning Angular, .NET, and OAuth.
Your Idempotent Code Is Lying To You
A timely warning against overrating AI “one-shot” demos.
















