Editor's note
I put together another deliberately mixed issue today, and the Copilot Studio move to .NET 10 on WebAssembly stood out for the real-world performance angle. I also liked the production-ready backend walkthrough because it pulls CQRS, domain events, resiliency, and observability into one practical design. On the fundamentals side, the LINQ deferred execution piece and the C# virtual/partial/override refresher are useful reads for teams mentoring newer developers.
WebAssembly, security, and backend design
Jasen Fici
May 13, 2026
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Jasen's take on today's picks
Machine Learning for C# Developers Made Easy
A friendly on-ramp for .NET developers who want to get productive with ML concepts and tools without switching ecosystems.
Copilot Studio gets faster with .NET 10 on WebAssembly
This is the kind of case study I like: concrete migration work, browser-hosted C#, and measurable payoff from .NET 10.
Stop Creating Fake Data Manually — Use Bogus in .NET 10
Useful for test data generation and demos, especially if you are tired of brittle hand-written fixtures.
How Are ‘virtual’, ‘partial’, ‘override’ Used in C#?
A concise refresher on core C# modifiers that still trip people up in reviews and interviews.
OWASP Top 10 for .NET Developers - Part 1: Preventing Broken Access Control
Authorization mistakes remain expensive; this is a solid .NET-focused look at the top OWASP risk.
.NET MAUI Community Standup: Rust, SkiaSharp Everywhere, AI/ML Live Processing
Worth a look if you follow MAUI broadly, especially with the Rust, SkiaSharp, and live AI/ML angles.
I built Surefire, a background job library for modern .NET
Always interesting to see new infrastructure libraries appear in the .NET space, especially around background processing.
Goodbye Bootstrap: How to Integrate Tailwind CSS into a Blazor App
Helpful for Blazor teams that want a utility-first CSS setup without staying tied to Bootstrap defaults.
Collection Performance: AddRange() vs. InsertRange() When Populating Lists
Small collection choices can matter more than people think when code runs hot or at scale.
Deferred Execution in LINQ: What Finally Made It Click
Deferred execution is one of those LINQ ideas that clicks all at once, then explains a lot of bugs.
Designing a Production-Ready Backend in .NET
This one has strong architectural coverage for developers thinking beyond CRUD into operations and resilience.
Modernizing .NET — Part 23: Migrating log4net to Modern .NET Logging
Practical modernization advice for teams still carrying older logging frameworks into newer .NET apps.
There is no Install - it's 'Stage' and 'Register'
Not strictly app code, but useful platform knowledge if you deal with packaging, deployment, or MSIX behavior.