Steven Giesel is a Senior Software Engineer and Microsoft MVP with over 13 years of experience, specializing in .NET and modern backend development. He shares deep technical knowledge across topics such as C#, EF Core, RavenDB, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures, and is an active speaker in the .NET community.
318 articles from this blog
A guide to using AutoFixture with xUnit to generate anonymous test data, making unit tests more robust and maintainable.
Explains software design patterns like Mediator, Strategy, Singleton, and Proxy using simple sketches and real-world analogies.
Explores the pitfalls of mutable value types in C#/.NET, explaining why they are often avoided and the performance reasons for their limited use.
Explains how to use .NET's ObsoleteAttribute and RequiresPreviewFeaturesAttribute to mark APIs as deprecated or experimental.
A collection of technical infographics covering .NET, C#, Entity Framework, exceptions, operators, and query safety.
Compares C# local functions and lambda expressions, highlighting key differences in recursion, yield usage, and performance.
Explains the difference between 'throw;' and 'throw exc;' in C#, focusing on how the latter truncates the stack trace.
An introduction to LiteDB, a lightweight, serverless NoSQL document database for .NET, exploring its features, use cases, and differences from SQL databases.
Explores two unconventional C# patterns: using foreach on integers and awaiting TimeSpans via extension methods.
A collection of C#/.NET programming infographics covering topics like ConfigureAwait, foreach index, struct mutations, null Tasks, and ThrowHelper.
Explores new low-level C# 11 features allowing ref fields in structs for high-performance scenarios like custom collections and frugal objects.
Explains the cryptographic key exchange in HTTPS, focusing on the Diffie-Hellman algorithm for establishing secure connections.
Explains the WebApplicationFactory in .NET for integration testing ASP.NET Core WebAPIs, highlighting its benefits and usage.
A collection of C#/.NET infographics explaining pure functions, generator functions, and the cost of anonymous types.
Explores the differences between x86 and x64 architectures in .NET, covering JIT compilation, native interop, and practical implications for developers.
Explores advanced C# pattern matching features, including null checks, property matching, and type inference, with practical code examples.
Explains pagination concepts, formulas, and implementation in C#/SQL, comparing it to infinite scrolling for efficient data loading.
A guide to structuring Blazor applications using a feature-based folder organization instead of the default template layout.
Explains why async/await in ASP.NET Core improves scalability by freeing worker threads during I/O, not raw performance.
An eBook explaining LINQ (Language Integrated Query) in C# using visual sketches and code samples, with over 30 pages of content.
