Explores performance improvements in .NET 8 Preview 3, comparing benchmarks for string operations and other features against .NET 6 and 7.
A guide to five practical C# extension methods for enhancing Task<T> operations, including fire-and-forget, retry, and timeout patterns.
A technical overview of DuckDB's new Spatial extension, detailing its geospatial file format support, core dependencies, and setup process.
A deep dive into solving C++ static initialization order fiasco (SIOF) and destruction issues encountered while maintaining PyTorch at Google.
Explains how to use C# source generators with regular expressions in .NET 7+ for improved performance and debuggability.
Explores using SIMD instructions and Vector<T> to accelerate LINQ queries in C# for high-performance data processing.
A tutorial on building a custom, reusable ToolTip component from scratch using Blazor WebAssembly, C#, and .NET.
A tutorial on using C# Source Generators to automatically embed build information like timestamp and configuration into your code during compilation.
Explains how MongoDB stores DateTime in UTC and how to handle serialization/deserialization with C#, including using DateTimeOffset and custom serializers.
Learn how to use the C# 'is not' operator with exception filtering to write cleaner and more maintainable error handling code.
A tutorial on building a URL shortener service using C#, .NET, and Redis, covering both a forwarding API and a management CLI.
A guide to building a simple, reflection-based object mapper in C#, explaining the core concepts behind libraries like AutoMapper.
Explains the Skip and Take methods in C# LINQ for implementing pagination and limiting query results.
A tutorial on building a custom cron job scheduler in ASP.NET Core using BackgroundService, for educational purposes.
A developer argues for minimal, strategic code commenting, using examples to show how clear naming and structure can often replace verbose comments.
A critical look at benchmarking in .NET, emphasizing the importance of context and real-world performance over isolated micro-optimizations.
Explores the Liskov Substitution Principle using the classic 'Is a square a rectangle?' example in object-oriented programming.
Explains how to use the dotnet CLI's filter switch to run a specific subset of tests from a C# .NET test project, avoiding code modifications.
Explains the Humble Object design pattern for separating hard-to-test dependencies from core logic to improve unit testing in software development.
Learn how to use .NET 6 JSON source generators to optimize serialization and boost performance in ASP.NET Core APIs.
