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.NET Ahead-of-Time Compilation Articles, Tutorials & News

.NET Ahead-of-Time Compilation articles, tutorials, and news from the DotNetNews archive.

41 articles Updated Jul 21, 2026

.NET AOT is the focus of this topic page. .NET Ahead-of-Time Compilation is how .NET teams reason about runtime cost, startup, and throughput once the feature work is done. Intermediate and senior .NET developers use this hub to scan practical writing without treating every link as an endorsement.

Recurring subtopics in recent issues include .NET AOT, ahead-of-time .NET, AOT compilation C#, and trim AOT .NET. Those themes are drawn from titles and excerpts in the newest archive entries for this tag, not from a marketing outline.

Expect publisher tutorials, release notes, architecture write-ups, and field notes linked from DotNetNews issues. Start here is a short editorial shortlist for .NET Ahead-of-Time Compilation; the archive list is chronological and larger. Secondary angles such as .NET AOT and ahead-of-time .NET appear when the archive actually covered them. Nearby reading often overlaps with .NET Native AOT and .NET Performance and Optimization.

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.NET 11 Preview 8: New Features and Breaking Changes Explained

c-sharpcorner.com Jul 21, 2026 Issue #501

.NET 11 Preview 8: Explore new features like runtime performance, Native AOT, and JSON serialization. Prepare for breaking changes.

Native AOT Performance System.Text.Json

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Native AOT vs JIT Compilation in .NET 11: Performance Benchmarks and Trade-Offs

c-sharpcorner.com Jul 06, 2026 Issue #490

Compare .NET 11 Native AOT vs JIT compilation. Explore performance benchmarks, startup time, memory usage, and trade-offs for cloud-native apps.

Native AOT Performance

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10 .NET 10 API Anti-Patterns That Break Production (And How to Fix Them)

codewithmukesh.com Jun 11, 2026 Issue #473

10 ASP.NET Core anti-patterns that break production in .NET 10 - async void, sync-over-async, fat controllers, runtime-reflection mappers in AOT, and the 2026 ones.

.NET 10 REST API

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.NET 11 in depth: Runtime, libraries, and SDK for the AI era

youtube.com Jun 09, 2026 Issue #471

Join Chet and Rich for a tour of how the .NET Runtime, libraries, and tooling are improving for .NET 11. You'll learn about investments in Native AOT, support for AI agents of all kinds, foundational ...

Native AOT OpenAI

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10 .NET 10 API Anti-Patterns That Break Production (And How to Fix Them)

codewithmukesh.com May 26, 2026 Issue #462

10 ASP.NET Core anti-patterns that break production in .NET 10 - async void, sync-over-async, fat controllers, runtime-reflection mappers in AOT, and the 2026 ones.

ASP.NET Core .NET 10

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Writing Node.js addons with .NET Native AOT

devblogs.microsoft.com May 01, 2026 Issue #446

C# Dev Kit is a VS Code extension. Like all VS Code extensions, its front end is TypeScript running in Node.js. For certain platform-specific tasks, such as reading the Windows Registry, we've histori...

.NET Core Native AOT

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Build Your Own CQRS Dispatcher in .NET 10 (No MediatR)

codewithmukesh.com Apr 15, 2026 Issue #434

MediatR went commercial. Build your own CQRS dispatcher in .NET 10 with pipeline behaviors, AOT support, and a FrozenDictionary core that benchmarks 4x faster than MediatR.

CQRS .NET 10 Performance

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MCP servers, .NET 11 Preview 2, and Copilot CLI

DotNetNews Mar 17, 2026 Issue #413

This issue covers MCP servers and SDK updates, .NET 11 Preview 2, MAUI, architecture testing, VS Code AI workflows, and container publishing.

ASP.NET Core Azure Azure DevOps

Issue #413
C# 14 features, agentic AI, and SQL Server search

DotNetNews Mar 05, 2026 Issue #405

This issue covers C# 14 updates, ASP.NET Core binding, EF Core architecture, agentic AI, and SQL Server vector search, plus testing and patterns.

ASP.NET Core Azure Clean Architecture

Issue #405
ASP.NET Core monitoring and AI agent workflows

DotNetNews Feb 27, 2026 Issue #401

This issue covers ASP.NET Core health checks, AI agent workflow standards, API gateways, LINQ, migration guidance, and security tips.

ASP.NET Core .NET Aspire Authentication

Issue #401
Coding agents, MVC, and runtime internals

DotNetNews Feb 17, 2026 Issue #393

A varied .NET roundup covering an AI coding-agent explorer, MVC and Minimal API guides, EF Core transactions, caching, and runtime async internals.

ASP.NET Core C# .NET 10

Issue #393
Redis locking, ASP.NET Core security, and EF Core testing

DotNetNews Feb 16, 2026 Issue #392

A varied .NET roundup with Redis concurrency, ASP.NET Core auth and JWT, EF Core testing, LINQ, architecture, and servicing updates.

ASP.NET Core Authentication Authorization

Issue #392
Optimizing .NET App Performance: How Developers in India and Globally Can Build Faster Applications

c-sharpcorner.com Jan 20, 2026 Issue #373

Boost .NET app performance! Learn AOT compilation, diagnostics, async programming, and memory management. Essential for developers in India and globally.

Azure Functions Blazor C#

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Developer roadmap, architecture, and C# patterns

DotNetNews Jan 14, 2026 Issue #369

A practical mix of roadmap guidance, API architecture, LINQ and error-handling tips, plus AI and data pitfalls for shipping better .NET systems.

ASP.NET Core Blazor Clean Architecture

Issue #369
Lambda SnapStart for .NET and ORM pitfalls

DotNetNews Jan 09, 2026 Issue #366

This issue covers Lambda SnapStart benchmarks, EF Core async mistakes, ASP.NET Core caching, Channels, LINQ providers, and design guidance.

ASP.NET Core C# .NET 10

Issue #366
ASP.NET Core, patterns, and AI context

DotNetNews Dec 26, 2025 Issue #356

A varied .NET roundup covering middleware, MediatR, DDD, distributed patterns, tenant-aware auth, performance, and AI prompt design.

ASP.NET Core .NET Aspire Authentication

Issue #356
MVC modernization, architecture and Redis

DotNetNews Dec 23, 2025 Issue #353

A mixed .NET roundup covering UI modernization, Clean Architecture, JWT and delegates, plus Redis, Azure Functions, Orleans, and tooling changes.

ASP.NET Core Azure Functions Clean Architecture

Issue #353
Creating a .NET CLR profiler using C# and NativeAOT with Silhouette

andrewlock.net Dec 22, 2025 Issue #352

In this post I look at how to create a simple .NET profiler. But instead of using C++, the profiler uses C# and NativeAOT with the Silhouette library

C# Native AOT Profiling

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.NET 9 Changed Everything — You Won’t Believe How APIs Work Now!

medium.com Dec 19, 2025 Issue #351

.NET 9 is here. In other words — it’s not just an upgrade, it’s a game-changer for API development. Minimal API, AOT, new Hosting Model… Continue reading on Dot Net, API & SQL Learning »

.NET 9 Minimal APIs

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The Ultimate Clean Architecture Guide for .NET 9 (2026 Edition)

medium.com Dec 18, 2025 Issue #350

As we step into 2026, .NET development has entered a new era. With the release of .NET 9, C# 13, major improvements in Native AOT…

Clean Architecture .NET 9 Native AOT

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Async, DI, and Blazor pitfalls

DotNetNews Dec 10, 2025 Issue #344

This issue covers async gotchas, DI guidance, Blazor Server memory leaks, EF Core queries, debugging tricks, and MAUI age verification.

ASP.NET Core Blazor C#

Issue #344
WebAssembly .NET

medium.com Nov 26, 2025 Issue #334

The definitive guide to WebAssembly as the ubiquitous runtime in 2025 — from .NET 10’s Native AOT compilation achieving 6x performance…

.NET 10 Native AOT Performance

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State of Native AOT in .NET 10

code.soundaranbu.com Nov 19, 2025 Issue #329

After 3 years since my previous article on Native AOT, let’s find out how far AOT compilation in .NET has come.

ASP.NET Core C# Dapper

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REST API Design Mistakes to Avoid (Practical Tips) .NET 9.0

c-sharpcorner.com Nov 17, 2025 Issue #327

Master REST API design in .NET 9.0! Learn to avoid common mistakes, leverage minimal APIs, and ensure security, scalability, and Native AOT compatibility.

Native AOT REST API

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Performance & Observability in ASP.NET Core 2025 With Latest .NET Core Version

c-sharpcorner.com Nov 13, 2025 Issue #325

Explore ASP.NET Core 2025's performance & observability features! Discover JIT/AOT compilation, OpenTelemetry, improved logging, and metrics for faster, traceable apps.

C#

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