A guide to navigating the open-source CoreCLR runtime source code, covering its structure, stats, and key components like the JIT and GC.
A guide to manually editing .csproj files for better performance and control, including tips on cleaning up XML and using extensions.
A developer uses dotPeek and Visual Studio to debug an IIS crash caused by a recursive method, analyzing a crash dump to find the root cause.
Explains how to use and extend the HttpClient's message handler pipeline in .NET for custom request/response processing and unit testing.
Explains how strings in .NET are objects subject to garbage collection, analyzing their memory allocation and behavior.
Explains the new tuple syntax and ValueTuple type in C# 7, highlighting performance benefits and named elements over older Tuple classes.
Explores how BenchmarkDotNet reveals JIT method inlining differences between x86 and x64 .NET runtimes, impacting performance.
A developer shares lessons learned from building a SaaS startup, covering multi-tenancy, billing, and scaling challenges.
A developer's troubleshooting story about how inconsistent casing in a NuGet package ID caused build failures on Linux and the steps taken to resolve it.
Author announces speaking engagement at DotNetSpain 2015 conference on topics like Complex Event Processing and EventStore.
A CTO's perspective on Microsoft's vNEXT platform, analyzing its impact on development approaches and future .NET frameworks.
A guide to the challenges and best practices of micro and nano-benchmarking in software development, using .NET examples.
Optimizing ASP.NET vNext package restore speed by configuring NuGet feeds in the project's NuGet.config file.
Explains how to implement a 'push' model for uploading data with HttpClient in .NET, contrasting it with the default 'pull' model.
A guide on setting up remote performance profiling for Windows Azure Cloud Services using JetBrains dotTrace, including load balancer configuration.
A developer's workaround for a random NuGet package restore error (exit code -1073741819) by modifying the MSBuild target to retry failed attempts.
Explains how to use NuGet Package Restore to manage dependencies without checking assemblies into source control when deploying to Windows Azure Websites.
Announcing the release of 'Pro NuGet', a book covering advanced NuGet package management concepts, best practices, and scenarios beyond basic usage.
A tutorial on implementing an IDocumentStoreListener in RavenDB to automatically update audit fields like 'UpdatedBy' and 'UpdatedOn' on entities before they are saved.
A guide on creating custom MSBuild tasks to manage AWS Elastic Load Balancer registration during automated .NET deployments.
