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Master YARP as an API Gateway for your .NET microservices. This guide covers routing, load balancing, centralized security and authentication, path rewriting, Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) patterns, rate limiting, logging with Serilog, observability with OpenTelemetry, with practical C# examples and appsettings.json configurations.
Learn how to manage code duplication in Vertical Slice Architecture with .NET. Discover when to share vs duplicate code, extract infrastructure concerns, push business logic into domain models, share application concerns and use practical patterns with .NET and EF Core examples. Learn when duplication is better than DRY.
Learn how to build a production-ready monitoring system using ASP.NET Core Health Checks. This guide covers adding health checks for Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, and MassTransit (RabbitMQ), creating custom checkers, creating custom JSON response formatter for health checks, implementing a custom health check publisher, and setting up a professional Health Checks UI.
Learn how to set up a new .NET project in 2026 with best practices including Directory.Build.props, static code analysis, .editorconfig, Central Package Management, .NET Aspire, OpenTelemetry, and GitHub Actions for production-ready applications. Get a ready project .NET backend template.
Learn how to build and run a minimal API with Aspire 13 and .NET 10, using PostgreSQL and Redis. We wire resources in AppHost.cs, use HybridCache for caching, and launch everything via the Aspire CLI and a Docker Compose environment. Explore the Aspire Dashboard, how to configure OpenTelemetry and how to deploy the Aspire application to Docker Compose and Azure.
Explore the best solution on the market for fast Bulk Inserts in EF Core with Entity Framework Extensions Library. BulkInsert, BulkInsertOptimized, BulkUpdate, BulkDelete, BulkMerge and BulkSynchronize methods.
Explore reasons to upgrade to .NET 10 and C# 14: Long-Term Support (LTS) Release, Performance improvements in ASP.NET Core and .NET, File-Based Apps, Server-Sent Events (SSE), Extension Members in C# 14, Validation and JSON Patch Support in Minimal APIs, LeftJoin and RightJoin Operators in EF 10, Named Query Filters in EF 10, Blazor Improvements.
Discover the essential steps every .NET developer should take in 2026 to stay competitive and advance their career. Migrate projects to .NET 10, start using Aspire (.NET Aspire), invest in code quality, add observability to every project, enhance DevOps Pipelines with GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps, learn a cloud platform like Azure, AWS, GCP, write integration, load and architecture tests, Start a project with a Modular Monolith instead of microservices, learn new framework, read a new book
Explore Named Query Filters in EF Core 10: apply multiple filters to entities for soft deletion and multi-tenancy. Learn best practices with real-world code examples.
Real-world architecture judgment, production trade-offs, and .NET in depth — the things that keep you relevant in the job market.
One real .NET architecture decision every week, with production-ready code you can apply the same day.
For developers who already ship production .NET — no beginner basics.