EF Core, OAuth, Azure Containers, and .NET Performance
Coverage includes I/O and GC tuning, .NET 11 Process API changes, EF Core projections, MCP servers in C#, and Azure Container Apps deployment.
Jasen's top three picks
- 1 Optimizing I/O Performance in .NET
dotNetTips.com
Useful refresher on the unglamorous bottlenecks that often matter more than algorithm tweaks in production apps.
- 2 Building Your First MCP Server in C#: A 2026 Field Guide
Medium
MCP is still evolving fast, so a grounded C# field guide is timely if you’re experimenting with agent tooling.
- 3 The Fasting Developer: Memory Discipline and GC Awareness in .NET
Bipin Joshi .NET | Thus said a Byte • Insights on .NET and Web Development
A thoughtful performance piece that frames memory discipline as latency control, not premature optimization.
Editor's note
I kept this one deliberately mixed, which is usually where the best practical reading shows up. The I/O performance piece and the GC-awareness article are worth pairing because they attack responsiveness from different angles, while Andrew Lock’s look at .NET 11 Process output handling is a nice preview of API polish that solves real pain.
Today's articles
Optimizing I/O Performance in .NET
dotNetTips.com
I/O operations impact application responsiveness, scalability, and costs. Enhancing file access, HTTP requests, and networking improves user experience while reducing resource consumption. This chapte...
Topics: .NET Core Performance
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Building Your First MCP Server in C#: A 2026 Field Guide
Medium
If you’ve touched an AI coding tool in the last year, you’ve probably run into the Model Context Protocol (MCP) even if nobody called it…
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The Fasting Developer: Memory Discipline and GC Awareness in .NET
Bipin Joshi .NET | Thus said a Byte • Insights on .NET and Web Development
There is a quiet assumption baked into most .NET codebases: the Garbage Collector will always clean up. And technically, it will. But the cost of that cleanup — paid in latency, in CPU time, in unpred...
Topics: .NET Core Performance
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Improvements to reading Process outputs: Exploring the .NET 11 preview - Part 5
Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades
In this post I show some of the improvements to the Process API in .NET 11 for running processes and reading their outputs without risk of deadlock
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A Modular Vertical Slice Architecture Starter Kit for Real-World .NET
Medium
Stronger boundaries, durable messaging, and serious reliability patterns without day-one distributed overhead.
Topics: Clean Architecture Domain-Driven Design
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How to guide agents during production investigations with .NET CLI
C# Digest
AI agents can drive .NET diagnostic tools the same way a senior developer would
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How does your domain know your user?
Medium
Almost every business application needs to answer a question that sounds simple: who is the current user? But “user” isn’t one thing…
Topics: Authentication Domain-Driven Design
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Azure Container Apps Tutorial: Deploying Microservices Without Kubernetes
C# Corner
Deploy microservices easily with Azure Container Apps. A serverless platform for containers, simplifying operations and scaling without Kubernetes.
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Clean Architecture + Vertical Slice Architecture in .NET
Medium
Most software projects don’t become difficult because of complex business logic — they become difficult because of poor organization.
Topics: Clean Architecture CQRS
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Caddy vs Nginx: Which Web Server Should Developers Choose in 2026?
C# Corner
Caddy vs Nginx: Compare web servers for developers in 2026. Discover which is best for simplicity, automation, or advanced control.
Topics: ASP.NET Core Docker
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C# PDF Libraries: What 'Free' Really Costs You (2026 Guide) - HackerNoon
hackernoon.com
C# PDF Libraries: What 'Free' Really Costs You (2026 Guide) HackerNoon
Topics: C#
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Stop Over-Fetching: Master EF Core Projections for Faster, Leaner APIs
Medium
Modern APIs rarely need every column from every related table.
Topics: EF Core Performance Web API
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Delegates and Event in .Net (Understand in 5min)
Medium
Many .NET developers learn about Delegates and Events, yet struggle to explain their practical applications in real projects. Instead of…
Topics: C#
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How to Secure APIs with OAuth 2.1 and OpenID Connect
C# Corner
Secure your APIs with OAuth 2.1 and OpenID Connect. Learn about authentication, authorization, JWTs, PKCE, and best practices for modern applications.
Topics: Authentication OAuth Security
Read articleEF Core and Azure SQL Database: A Step-by-Step Guide
Dev Tips
A step-by-step guide to using EF Core with Azure SQL Database - create the database in Azure Portal, connect and run migrations, add transient-fault resilience, and switch to passwordless Microsoft En
Topics: Azure EF Core SQL Server
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