Editor's note
I kept this issue intentionally mixed, which is usually where the most useful reading turns up. Meziantou’s piece on disabling HTTP caching in ASP.NET Core APIs is practical advice you can apply immediately, and the EF Core production bugs article is a good reminder that data-layer problems rarely stay small. I also liked the Visual Studio MCP servers preview because it points to how AI tooling is getting wired into everyday .NET work.
API Caching, EF Core Bugs, MCP Servers
Jasen Fici
May 11, 2026
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Jasen's take on today's picks
GitHub Copilot Modernize 101 is live on the Microsoft Developer Channel
Copilot-driven modernization is a timely angle, especially for teams staring at older estates and trying to reduce rewrite risk.
Implementing the Sidecar Pattern in Microservices-based ASP.NET Core Applications
A useful architectural walkthrough if you're weighing sidecars for cross-cutting concerns in ASP.NET Core microservices.
Building and Using MCP Servers in Visual Studio
MCP is worth watching; this is one of the clearer signals of how AI tool integration may land inside mainstream .NET tooling.
Remembering Planet Source Code: Sharing Code Before GitHub Made It Easy
A nice bit of community history that reminds newer developers how code sharing evolved before GitHub became the default.
I Built a Disaster Relief Web App… Then Realized I Didn’t Fully Understand It
More reflective than deeply technical, but there’s value in the honesty about building before fully understanding.
High-performance distributed caching with .NET
Short and practical if distributed caching strategy is on your current performance checklist.
Three EF Core Bugs That Quietly Kill Production .NET Apps (And How to Catch Them Early)
Production-focused EF Core content usually earns its keep, and this one targets failure modes teams actually miss.
Disable HTTP caching by default in ASP.NET Core APIs
This is the kind of defensive API guidance that prevents subtle bugs and surprising client behavior.
I Stopped Rewriting the Same Spreadsheet Every Month
A lightweight maker story, but relatable if you've ever replaced recurring manual work with a small app.
Future of .NET Development and Why You Should Invest in .NET Talent
Broad industry commentary rather than hands-on engineering, but relevant to hiring and stack planning conversations.
Implementing Localization in ASP.NET
Localization often looks simple until it isn’t; useful for teams adding multilingual support to MVC apps.
How Enterprise Software Is Built with ASP.NET in 2026: What Actually Happens Behind the Scenes
High-level enterprise framing, likely more useful for context than implementation detail.
C#: Should This Be a Class, Record, Struct, or Interface?
A solid design decision primer for everyday C# modeling choices.
Thread Pool Exhaustion in ASP.NET: The Async Database Trap
A good reminder that async alone doesn’t guarantee scalability if database and thread pool behavior are working against you.