AI Agents and ASP.NET Core Choices
This edition covers agent RAG, memory, autonomy and Copilot controls alongside PostgreSQL load, Blazor streaming, Functions connectors, and API design.
Jasen's top three picks
- 1 RAG in Microsoft Agent Framework Step By Step
YapCast – Jesse Liberty
Adding RAG to Microsoft Agent Framework is both straightforward and confusing. OK, that makes no sense, but I’ve been struggling to understand all the steps....
- 2 Can PostgreSQL Keep Up When Thousands of AI Agents Query It at Once?
C# Corner - Ananya Desai
- 3 Convert a String to an Int in C#
Khalid Abuhakmeh
Three reliable ways to convert a string to an int in C# — int.Parse, int.TryParse, and Convert.ToInt32 — plus which one to reach for and why.
Editor's note
I pulled together a deliberately varied mix, from RAG in Microsoft Agent Framework to reliable C# integer conversion. The Azure Functions managed-connectors piece matters because it broadens integration options without hand-rolling each service client.
Today's articles
RAG in Microsoft Agent Framework Step By Step
YapCast – Jesse Liberty
Adding RAG to Microsoft Agent Framework is both straightforward and confusing. OK, that makes no sense, but I’ve been struggling to understand all the steps. Here’s a first approximation, more to come...
Topics: C#
Read articleCan PostgreSQL Keep Up When Thousands of AI Agents Query It at Once?
C# Corner - Ananya Desai
Topics: Performance PostgreSQL
Read articleConvert a String to an Int in C#
Khalid Abuhakmeh
Three reliable ways to convert a string to an int in C# — int.Parse, int.TryParse, and Convert.ToInt32 — plus which one to reach for and why.
Topics: C#
Read articleMinimal APIs vs Controllers in ASP.NET Core: What Actually Matters in Production
C# Corner - Sagar Rane
Topics: ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs Web API
Read articleBlazor AI Components: How to Stream AI Responses and Tool Results
C# Corner - Riya Patel
Topics: Blazor
Read articleConnect Azure Functions to more services with managed connectors
Microsoft Dev Blogs - Lily Ma
Azure Functions can already connect to many Azure services through triggers and bindings. With managed connectors, your functions can access about 1,700 connectors across services such as Microsoft 36...
Topics: Azure Azure Functions
Read articleDesigning SSRS reports with an AI agent
Medium - ago
An agent writes the RDLC, Report Viewer’s engine checks it and shows it the pages. Two real sessions, and what we learned building the…
Topics: C#
Read articleWhat Changes When an AI Agent Runs Without a User?
C# Corner - Aarav Patel
Topics: Authorization Security
Read articleAgent Memory in C#: What Should an AI Agent Remember?
C# Corner - Aarav Patel
Topics: C#
Read articleAutomating Postman Collection Generation with Roslyn in .NET
Medium - Temoor Wali
When working with a large .NET application, maintaining a Postman collection manually can become difficult, especially when the…
Read articleTop 10 Things Every .NET Developer Should Know (With Real Examples)
Medium - Santanu Chandra
Practical lessons from production code, not textbook theory.
Topics: C#
Read articleWhat is middleware in ASP.NET Core and the gotchas
C# Digest - [email protected] (Jakub Chodounsky)
middleware in ASP.NET Core runs on every HTTP request and response
Topics: ASP.NET Core Web API
Read articleGitHub Copilot Agent Mode: How to Control What an AI Coding Agent Can Do
C# Corner - Aarav Patel
Topics: GitHub Copilot Security
Read articleControllers vs. Minimal APIs: I Rebuilt the Same Project Both Ways
Medium - Somnath Mukherjee
I built the same small ASP.NET Core API twice, once with Controllers and once with Minimal APIs, to see what differs in practice. Here’s…
Topics: ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs Web API
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