Part of: ASP.NET Core: a working guide for .NET developers, C#: a working guide for .NET developers, Performance: a working guide for .NET developers
Editor's note
I pulled together another deliberately mixed issue today, with a few pieces that are especially practical. The Agent Framework storage article gets into a decision teams usually postpone too long, and the .NET 10 out-of-band security update is the sort of release note you really should read closely. I also liked the Native AOT Node.js addon write-up because it shows .NET reaching into places many developers wouldn’t immediately expect.
Agent storage, AOT addons, security fix
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Jasen's take on today's picks
Chat History Storage Patterns in Microsoft Agent Framework
A useful architectural piece on agent memory, persistence options, and why chat history design affects reliability more than prompt tweaks.
.NET 10.0.7 Out-of-Band Security Update
Short but important: this out-of-band patch fixes a DataProtection-related security issue in .NET 10.0.7.
Building File-Based Apps in .NET: A Complete Guide With Multi-File Support
Interesting look at file-based apps, including multi-file support and newer script-style workflows in .NET 10 and .NET 11 preview.
Caching a geo-restricted app without the cache exploding
A smart caching pattern for geo-restricted scenarios that avoids multiplying cache entries by every regional variation.
Difference Between ref and out Parameters in C# with Examples?
Beginner-friendly refresher on ref versus out, with examples that clarify when each parameter style makes sense.
Obfuscator: Code Virtualization
Covers code virtualization as an obfuscation technique for protecting .NET applications, with a practical security angle.
String vs JSON vs Object in .NET — Why Beginners Get Confused
A straightforward explainer for developers who still mix up raw strings, JSON payloads, and object models in API work.
AI integrations: Rely or verify? Checking Semantic Kernel
Worth reading if you’re wiring in AI features and want to validate Semantic Kernel behavior instead of assuming abstractions are correct.
Do Agent Skills Actually Save Tokens? With vs Without Skills Loading in Microsoft Agent Framework
A nice follow-up experiment measuring whether Agent Framework skills loading actually reduces token usage in practice.
Another crash caused by uninstaller code injection into Explorer
Classic Raymond Chen: a debugging story that doubles as a cautionary tale about invasive installer and uninstaller behavior.
Writing Node.js addons with .NET Native AOT
One of the more interesting platform posts here, showing how Native AOT can bridge .NET into Node.js addon scenarios.
Not a coding tutorial, but a worthwhile industry retrospective on the engineering discipline that kept Y2K from becoming a visible disaster.











