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Core Web Vitals are three numbers Google uses to measure how a page feels to a real person: how fast the main content loads, whether the layout jumps around while it does, and how quickly the page reacts when you tap or click. They are one p...

Reclaiming Efficiency: A Tutorial on the Core Memory Mindset In an era defined by terabytes of RAM, multi-core processors, and infinitely scalable cloud infrastructure, the concept of “resource scarcity” often feels like a relic of a bygone era. We ...

When developers first start using Entity Framework Core, it's easy to write queries that work—but not all queries perform well. The good news? A few simple practices can make your queries much faster, use less memory, and generate better SQL. We'll...

Entity Framework Core EF Core is often introduced as an ORM that simplifies data access, but its real value in enterprise applications comes from features that improve reliability, scalability, and maintainability. As applications grow and operate ...

When IDbContextFactory enters the chat, and what it actually fixes Most EF Core examples use a scoped DbContext. In a normal Web API request, that’s fine, the request ends, the context is disposed. Then you build Blazor Server. A Blazor Server ci...

ASP.NET Core already gives you solid logging out of the box, and if you want richer sinks and structured logs, Serilog is a common choice. But sometimes you cannot use a ready made sink, because the company already has a legacy logging table with a...

1. Introduction Most .NET apps need some kind of background work. Sending emails, generating reports, cleaning data, all of these are better when they run automatically on a schedule, instead of being triggered by users. You do not always need a h...

Tutorial: Building a .NET 9 Console App with Hangfire and Channels Overview In this tutorial, you will build a .NET 8 console application that: Polls data from an API, or simulates it Uses System.Threading.Channels for producer consumer messagi...

Decorator pattern, in short The decorator pattern is a structural design pattern that lets you add behavior to an object at runtime by wrapping it with another object that has the same interface. The wrapper forwards calls to the inner object, then ...

The problem we’re solving Stuff goes wrong: timeouts, not-found resources, validation fails. You want one consistent error response and clean logs, without sprinkling try/catch everywhere. Two good options Option A — Global Exception Handler recom...

Introduction Distributed systems are powerful — but they come with one big challenge: reliability. What happens if your application updates a record in the database and then tries to publish a message to a message broker… but crashes in between? ...

1. Introduction When you’re using EF Core in production, query compilation can quietly become a performance bottleneck — especially if the same query is executed thousands of times. Normally, EF Core parses your LINQ, generates SQL, and prepares ...

When you’re working with bulk data operations, upserts, or syncing external sources, MERGE is one of the most powerful tools SQL Server offers. But what happens when you need to use it alongside Entity Framework Core? In this article, we’ll cover: ...

Why Records in C# Are Great If you’ve been working with C# lately, you’ve probably encountered records , a feature introduced in C# 9 that many developers have come to love. They’re elegant, powerful, and remove a lot of boilerplate when modeling...

Blazor1 is a modern framework from Microsoft that allows you to build interactive web applications using C# and .NET, both on the server and the client, without needing JavaScript. It brings the full power of .NET to the browser via WebAssembly or se...

Entity Framework Core 7 introduced two powerful methods for bulk operations: ExecuteUpdateAsync and ExecuteDeleteAsync. These methods are designed for high-performance scenarios where you need to update or delete multiple records efficiently with...