Part of: ASP.NET Core: a working guide for .NET developers, C#: a working guide for .NET developers, EF Core: a working guide for .NET developers
Editor's note
I kept this one deliberately mixed, which is usually where the most useful issues land. The Azure Blob Storage piece is practical production guidance, and the Azure DevOps Git policy post stands out for showing concrete API-driven performance gains at scale. I also liked Damien Bod’s Entra External ID write-up because it addresses a very real abuse case teams can miss until costs show up.
Blob streaming, Git policy speed, API security
Jasen Fici
April 30, 2026
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Jasen's take on today's picks
I Wasted 68 Minutes a Day Re-Explaining My Code. Then I Built auto-memory.
Interesting Copilot-adjacent utility work here, especially if you want better context recall without piling on dependencies.
Serving Media from Azure Blob Storage in ASP.NET Core : Downloads, Streaming and Secure Tickets
A solid walkthrough for serving large media safely from Blob Storage with streaming, downloads, and controlled access tickets.
Optimizing Git policy management at scale
Good engineering write-up on how a small Azure DevOps REST API change produced outsized gains in CPU and execution time.
C# Dotnet collection internals — List
Useful refresher on how List
A basic but important distinction that still trips people up when query execution moves from memory to the data source.
The simplest way to secure a Minimal API (With Swagger)
Straightforward Minimal API protection with Swagger support, helpful for small services that need quick API key security.
Why Converting Browser HTML to PDF in .NET Is Harder Than You Think
A fair reminder that HTML-to-PDF usually falls apart on real browser behavior, rendering engines, and edge cases.
Remove sign-up from Entra External ID user flows
Practical identity guidance from Damien Bod, especially around shutting off sign-up paths that can be abused for SMS costs.
.NET MAUI Engineering Team Live Stream: AI-Powered .NET MAUI Development with MauiDevFlow
Worth a look if you follow MAUI tooling and want to see how AI-assisted app development is evolving in live demos.
Extract Word Table Data Using C#
Niche but useful document-processing coverage for anyone pulling structured table data from Word files in C#.
30 .NET Interview Questions Every Developer Should Know (2 Years Exp)
Broad interview-prep material, mostly valuable as a checklist of fundamentals rather than deep technical study.
Mastering LINQ in .NET: A Practical Guide for Backend Developers
Introductory LINQ content for backend developers who want a practical pass through querying and projection patterns.
VS Code tip: this is how you should be selecting code
Quick VS Code productivity tip content, though the supplied excerpt appears mismatched with the actual short.
Very beginner-oriented Entity Framework tutorial material, likely most useful for developers just starting with ORM concepts.
Instructions vs Skills vs Hooks & More Explained By Copilot Itself | Ep 7 of 8
Copilot feature taxonomy can get fuzzy, so a comparison-driven explanation of instructions, skills, and hooks is timely.