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What developers actually interact with is the coding harness: the layer that assembles context, exposes tools, runs the agent loop, interprets tool calls, and turns a model's output into something use...

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10 EF Core performance mistakes that ship to production - N+1 queries, missing projections, lazy loading, AsNoTracking, bulk ops - and how to fix each in .NET 10.

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In this article, we will build a simple Weather Prediction Agent using the Microsoft Agent Framework with support for multiple AI…

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🚨 Your API Might Be Secure… But Your Swagger UI Isn’t

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Intro

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Users were searching for orders that definitely existed in our database — but getting empty results.

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Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 4 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, and more! The post .NET 11 Preview 4 is now available...

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.NET MAUI apps on Android, iOS, and Mac Catalyst now run on CoreCLR by default in .NET 11, unifying the runtime across all of .NET. The post .NET MAUI Moves to CoreCLR in .NET 11 appeared first on .N...

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Process API improvements in .NET 11, including high-level APIs for starting processes, capturing output without deadlocks, handle inheritance control, lifetime management features, and a lightweight `...

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no matter which version of .NET you're targeting

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Learn how to automate digital marketing operations by integrating a RESTful SMM Panel API using C# and HttpClient. This step-by-step tutorial covers connecting to SMM Bear, a leading Indian SMM panel,...

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When building distributed systems, maintaining observability across process boundaries is crucial for understanding the flow of requests through your application. OpenTelemetry provides a standard way...

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A hands-on Blazor test shows how VS Code 1.119 makes agent browser sharing more visible, permissioned and chat-driven.

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In this post I discuss the new Web Worker template available in .NET 11 for running CPU intensive tasks without blocking the UI

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Unlock peak .NET 9 performance! Dive into Span<T>, Memory<T>, and ref structs for allocation-free, high-speed code. Master stack-based memory and reduce GC pressure.

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Some time ago, I noted that the Co­Initialize­Security function demands an absolute security descriptor, even though many functions in Windows produce self-relat

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The Problem

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C# is one of the most feature-rich languages on the planet. The problem isn’t learning it — it’s knowing which parts actually matter when… Continue reading on JIN System Architect »

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I built a full Netflix-style UI in .NET MAUI from scratch — no libraries. Here are the five techniques that made it work.

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In this episode, we explore how Containerisation Assist integrates seamlessly with the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) VS Code Extension within Visual Studio Code, helping developers go from applicatio...

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Here's a bug that lived in .NET for over four years. If your BackgroundService threw an exception after its first await, your host would catch it, log a critical message, and then exit cleanly with ex...

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VS Code is where m

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A customer wanted to know how to inform Windows that they were opening a file in text mode, as opposed to binary mode. That way, Windows can perform text conversions as necessary, like adding carriage...

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mssql-python now supports fetching SQL Server data directly as Apache Arrow structures - a faster and more memory-efficient path for anyone working with SQL Server data in Polars, Pandas, DuckDB, or a...

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Rockford Lhotka previews his Visual Studio Live! San Diego session, "MCP Magic," and explains why the Model Context Protocol is becoming a key building block for AI agents. In this Q&A, ...

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Before you open a profiler, before you start tuning code, you need to understand what’s actually happening under the hood.

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table of contents Pattern matching is not just condition checking. It reflects how you think as a developer. Matching and validation can be achieved in a naive, descriptive way. However, a cleaner app...

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Most developers learn the basics of C# and stop at classes, loops or maybe a bit of LINQ. But C# has evolved a lot over the years and many… Continue reading on Stackademic »

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Multithreading is a fundamental concept in modern programming that allows applications to perform multiple operations concurrently.

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As cloud workloads become more agentic and AI systems handle increasingly sensitive data, trust must be engineered directly into infrastructure. Azure Integrated HSM brings hardware‑enforced key prote...

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A Practical Guide for .NET 10 Developers Building Enterprise-Grade Systems

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I worked at a startup in Toledo called Heartland Information Services. We provided transcription services to some of the biggest hospitals in the United States, and we weren't small. Heartland was one...

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Explore Task vs. ValueTask in C# async programming. Learn when to use ValueTask for performance gains by minimizing memory allocation in high-throughput scenarios. Task is simpler and safer!

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For a long time, media players felt like one of those things that already existed. Continue reading on Mr. Plan ₿ Publication »

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If you’ve been following me for a while, you would know that I wrote several books related to .NET and C#. Most recently, I published a…

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A few months ago, we shared How Copilot Studio uses .NET and WebAssembly for performance and innovation, describing how Microsoft Copilot Studio runs C# in the browser via .NET

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Every developer has been there — staring at a blank test file, typing "John Doe" for the hundredth time. There's a better way.

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And what are they in the C# programming language. Let’s review that together.

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Broken Access Control is ranked as the #1 security risk in the OWASP Top 10 because improperly enforced authorization allows attackers to…

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Do you know for sure what’s going on under the hood when you create your ApplicationDbContext using ASP.NET

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I just released a preview of Surefire, the distributed job scheduling library I’ve been working on for the past couple of months. Continue reading on batary »

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If you work with the .NET ecosystem, you know that Blazor has revolutionized the way we build web applications.

https://dotnettips.com/2026/05/10/collection-performance-addrange-vs-insertrange-when-populating-lists/

When populating collections in .NET, choosing the right bulk operation improves both clarity and efficiency. Methods like AddRange() and InsertRange() allow multiple items to be added in a single call...

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I thought my LINQ query had already run… but it hadn’t.

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An end-to-end practical architecture walkthrough using modular monoliths, CQRS, domain events, resiliency, and observability

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Fix log context loss in async .NET Core apps. Migrate log4net from ThreadContext to LogicalThreadContext for seamless diagnostic flow.

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"Is ContosoParts.msix installed?" is a common - but misleading - question The term install is not a formal concept in MSIX. This may seem paradoxical for a deployment technology, but it make...

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“The day I replaced 400 lines of custom plugin glue code with a 40-line MCP server and watched Claude, GPT-4o, and our internal Phi-4…

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Reflecting a broader trend of Microsoft embracing Claude AI, recent VS Code updates show the company accommodating Claude Code beyond model selection, with support for Claude-specific instruction file...

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Think Like a Developer, Not a Textbook

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When developers start building applications using ASP.NET

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James and Frank explore the future of developer workflows powered by AI agents, revealing how developers are shifting from coders to testers and product strategists. They dive into new research-planni...

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In this video, we'll introduce Customization in VS Code, demo five Customization features and finally we'll walk through building an app from scratch. Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vscode.dev

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Moderne Expands Agent Tools Platform with C# Support for Deterministic .NET Transformation

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Practical, real-world strategies to tame memory, pointers, and allocation without fear. Continue reading on CodeToDeploy »

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Write effective Claude Code prompts for .NET 10 projects. The 4-layer instruction hierarchy, 10 Bad vs Better patterns, and a decision matrix from 6 months of daily use.

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Expanded Agent Tools Platform Offers Support for C#, Enabling Automated Transformation of .NET Applications at Enterprise Scale

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In software systems, state changes constantly—but the real challenge lies in propagating those changes to the right parts of the system without creating tight coupling. The Observer Pattern addresses ...

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Blazor Community Standup - ASP.NET Core & Blazor Updates In .NET 11 Preview 2 (D0JAMoriRM)

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In modern cloud-native development, “done” isn’t enough — it has to be efficient. As the Lead Developer for NearU, a platform built to…

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Modernization used to be something you avoided until you couldn’t anymore. A big rewrite. A long migration plan. A risky cutover. Something you’d maybe do once every few years—if you had to. That mod

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Implementing the Sidecar Pattern in Microservices-based ASP.NET Core Applications

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Microsoft Product Manager Mike Kistler previews his Visual Studio Live! session on how MCP servers give .NET developers a universal standard for connecting AI models to external data and tools -- and ...

https://www.pietschsoft.com/post/2026/05/05/remembering-planet-source-code-sharing-code-before-github-made-it-easy

Every once in a while, something from the early days of my software development journey resurfaces and brings with it a flood of memories. Recently, I came across a PlanetSourceCode.com archived GitHu...

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I built a Disaster Relief Web App using C# and .NET.

https://csharpdigest.net/newsletters/2268-high-performance-distributed-caching-with-net

when the in-memory cache expires the database cache keeps things fast

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A field guide for .NET teams who’ve outgrown “it works on my machine” — covers EF Core 8, 9, and 10

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When building APIs with ASP.NET Core, it's crucial to explicitly control caching behavior. Unlike web pages where caching often improves user experience, API responses should not be cached by default ...

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How I turned “where did it go?” into an app I actually open on my phone.

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Technology moves fast, but some development frameworks continue to evolve with it-and .NET is one of them.

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The Difference That Decides Where Your Query Runs

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You open a web page, inspect the DOM, and think: “I’ll just grab the HTML and convert it to PDF.”

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Core Structures — Dictionary< TKey, TValue >

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