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The .NET News Daily Issue #439

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Today's Articles

ASP.NET Community Standup: Combining API Versioning with OpenAPI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m3r6slW68U

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Difference Between Span and Memory in C# with Examples?

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/difference-between-span-and-memory-in-c-sharp-with-examples/

Unlock C# performance! Master Span and Memory for efficient memory management. Learn when to use each for faster, scalable .NET applications. Includes examples!

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How to Implement Unit Testing in .NET using xUnit with Example

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-implement-unit-testing-in-net-using-xunit-with-example/

Master .NET unit testing with xUnit! Learn to write effective tests, catch bugs early, and improve code quality. Includes practical examples and best practices.

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PostgreSQL Like a Pro: Build mission-critical apps at any scale with Azure HorizonDB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iG5a0O5_wk

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Choosing the Right Azure Hosting Model for AI Agents: A Deep Dive into Foundry Hosted Agents

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/all-things-azure/hostedagent/

AI agents are quickly moving from experiments to production‑critical components of modern applications. But while many teams know how to build agents, far fewer are confident they’re hosting them on t...

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EF Core - Lazy Loading, Eager Loading, and Explicit Loading

https://medium.com/@remigiuszzalewski/ef-core-lazy-loading-eager-loading-and-explicit-loading-7594c6aae4fa?source=rss------dotnet-5

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Dependency Injection in .NET: Building Maintainable, Testable, and Scalable Applications.

https://achuchiwilliam.medium.com/dependency-injection-in-net-building-maintainable-testable-and-scalable-applications-c8c84404f68d?source=rss------dotnet-5

Modern .NET development emphasizes clean architecture, maintainability, and flexibility. One of the most important concepts that enables…

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Running Azure Functions in Docker: Why and How

https://medium.com/@martinoehlert/running-azure-functions-in-docker-why-and-how-7da3fe8fb02f?source=rss------dotnet-5

Azure Functions Beyond the Basics Continues from Azure Functions for .NET Developers (Parts 1–9)

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ASP.NET Core 2.3 End of Support: What It Really Means for Developers

https://blog.gopenai.com/asp-net-core-2-3-end-of-support-what-it-really-means-for-developers-e1e73b053926?source=rss------dotnet-5

A few days ago, I came across an announcement that made me pause for a moment. Continue reading on GoPenAI »

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Stop Calling .ToList()

https://serkanozbeykurucu.medium.com/stop-calling-tolist-bc2dc27c2934?source=rss------dotnet-5

There’s a line of code I keep finding in .NET repositories that looks harmless and costs teams real money.

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How to Use HttpClientFactory in .NET Core to Avoid Socket Exhaustion

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/how-to-use-httpclientfactory-in-net-core-to-avoid-socket-exhaustion/

Learn how to use IHttpClientFactory in .NET Core to prevent socket exhaustion and improve performance. Discover named & typed clients, resilience with Polly, and best practices.

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Optimizing AI Agents with Progressive Disclosure

https://ardalis.com/optimizing-ai-agents-with-progressive-disclosure/

AI coding agents are only as good as the information you put in front of them. Every byte of context you load into an agent’s context window is space that could have been used for the code, conversati...

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Running AI agents with customized templates using docker sandbox

https://andrewlock.net/running-ai-agents-with-customized-templates-in-docker-sandbox/

In this post I describe how to create custom templates for Docker Sandboxes, so that your sandboxes start with additional tools immediately available

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EF Core query translation: Why does some LINQ never become SQL?

https://blog.elmah.io/ef-core-query-translation-why-does-some-linq-never-become-sql/

We know that every Entity Framework Core (EF Core) LINQ query has a corresponding SQL query. That equivalent SQL is actually executed under the hood. Some LINQ expressions involve. NET-specific code, ...

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