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.
314 articles from this blog
Explains how to use Enhanced Form Navigation in Blazor .NET 8 for SPA-like form handling without full interactivity modes.
Explains the enhanced logging features in .NET 8, focusing on the improved LoggerMessageAttribute and source generators for better performance and readability.
An interactive LINQ tutorial for C# beginners using a visual marble-based learning tool to understand query operators.
Explains how to implement the Redux state management pattern in a Blazor application, covering actions, reducers, and side effects.
Explores a C# technique to allocate class instances on the stack using unsafe code, comparing performance and limitations.
Explains C# 8's default interface methods, including how to define private methods within an interface and their usage.
A tutorial on integrating TailwindCSS with Blazor, covering setup, configuration, and automating CSS generation during the build process.
Explains the concept of Structured Concurrency for robust async code and demonstrates a potential C# implementation using a TaskScope.
Explores .NET 8's new Blazor Web template, unifying server and WebAssembly models with per-component server-side rendering.
A .NET developer shares technical interview questions focused on C#, SOLID principles, async/await, and database queries to assess problem-solving skills.
Explains how C# 12's new primary constructor feature reduces boilerplate code, especially in Dependency Injection scenarios.
Explores .NET 8's new UnsafeAccessorAttribute for faster, AOT-friendly reflection, comparing it to traditional methods with benchmarks.
A tutorial on building a minimal clone of ASP.NET Core from scratch to understand its core concepts like the web server, controllers, and middleware.
Explains how to create a ChunkedList<T> in C# to avoid Large Object Heap issues when storing massive amounts of data.
Explains the benefits and practical use of C# nullable reference types for safer code and cleaner API design.
Explains the memory leak issue with C# events and demonstrates how to implement the Weak Event pattern using weak references.
Explains the difference between auto-property initializers and expression-bodied getters in C#, showing how each affects property value evaluation.
Explains unexpected behavior of C#'s Enum.TryParse method and provides a solution using Enum.IsDefined for validation.
Explains the advantages of creating custom fakes for unit testing in C#/.NET instead of relying on third-party mocking libraries like Moq.
The Moq library faces controversy for using SponsorLink, a tool that checks for GitHub sponsorships during builds, raising privacy and open-source concerns.
