Dew Drop - July 6, 2026 (#4705)
A curated list of tech links covering Azure, AI, .NET, web development, and software engineering news for July 6, 2026.
A curated list of tech links covering Azure, AI, .NET, web development, and software engineering news for July 6, 2026.
Debunking the myth that Add() in a loop is slower than AddRange() in EF Core, explaining why it applied only to EF6.
Analysis of 5 EF Core performance anti-patterns and how Entity Framework Extensions solves them.
Explores closed class hierarchies in .NET 11 preview, showing how to create them and why they improve exhaustiveness checking.
Learn how to run Linux containers on WSL using C# with the new Microsoft.WSL.Containers SDK, including setup and code examples.
Learn how to use BulkSynchronize in EF Core to efficiently mirror data in one operation, avoiding common performance pitfalls.
Learn to scale EF Core for importing millions of rows from CSV files with a production-ready pipeline and benchmarks.
Jesse Liberty discusses AI in an interview on .NET Live, sharing his extensive tech experience.
A curated roundup of IT/tech links including AI, .NET, Blazor, web development, Windows, and DevOps news for June 22, 2026.
Learn how to perform bulk upserts (insert-or-update) in EF Core without performance issues, covering manual patterns, T-SQL MERGE, and third-party tools.
Announces htmxRazor v2.1.0 with advanced server-rendered input controls for ASP.NET Core using htmx, including Radial Select, Date Picker, and Time Picker.
Wolverine framework offers an alternative to exceptions and Result<T> pattern for cleaner error handling in .NET.
Explores how Wolverine and Vertical Slice Architecture improve AI coding agent efficiency by compressing code and reducing context pollution.
Wolverine and Marten improve F# support with pre-generated code and Roslyn optimizations for better deployment.
JasperFx announces AI Skills for the Critter Stack, available for purchase with private NPM/Nuget access.
Update on Critter Stack 2026 releases, including Marten, Wolverine, and CritterWatch, focusing on performance and AOT compliance.
Developer shares how GitHub Copilot helped transform pet projects into over 20 open source NuGet packages for AI, embeddings, and productivity.
A bug in .NET where BackgroundService exceptions after first await caused exit code 0 is fixed in .NET 11, now propagating errors correctly.
An overview of C# records and record structs, covering syntax, immutability, cloning, equality, and deconstruction.
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