For F1 racing, choosing the right car is as important as your expertise. No matter how skilled you are, if you race in an ordinary car, you can't stand out. You need to understand the race and use the F1 racing car. The same goes for programming. Going ...
Ali Hamza Ansari
Meet Ali, a talented .NET developer from Pakistan. Besides blogging, Ali works for a range of international customers doing everything from C# to Azure.
Why IEnumerable Can Kill Performance in Hot Paths
Polymorphic Relationships in EF Core: Three Approaches
Database schema and entity design are the pavement of most applications. If the entities are paved well, the application can provide great performance. Otherwise, it can lead to pitfalls. One key aspect of entity design is dealing with polymorphic relationships. EF Core supports several ways to implement inheritance, so in ...
Implementing strongly-typed IDs in .NET for safer domain models
As developers, we know that user requests can be unpredictable. When they request data, it is either successfully returned or not found. However, a "not found" result usually happens in two ways. First, the user might request a record, such as a basketball player, by passing an ID ...
New in .NET 10 and C# 14: Multi-Tenant Rate Limiting
.NET 10 is officially out, along with C# 14. Microsoft has released .NET 10 as Long-Term Support (LTS) as a successor to .NET 8. Like every version, it is not just an update but brings something new to the table. In this series, we will explore which aspects of software ...
New in .NET 10 and C# 14: Fast Model Validation for APIs
.NET 10 is officially out, along with C# 14. Microsoft has released .NET 10 as Long-Term Support (LTS) as a successor to .NET 8. Like every version, it is not just an update but brings something new to the table. In this series, we will explore which aspects of software ...
New in .NET 10 and C# 14: Enhancements in APIs Request/Response Pipeline
.NET 10 is officially out, along with C# 14. Microsoft has released .NET 10 as Long-Term Support (LTS) as a successor to .NET 8. Like every version, it is not just an update but brings something new to the table. In this series, we will explore which aspects of software ...
New in .NET 10 and C# 14: EF Core 10's Faster Production Queries
.NET 10 is officially out, along with C# 14. Microsoft has released .NET 10 as Long-Term Support (LTS) as a successor to .NET 8. Like every version, it is not just an update but brings something new to the table. In this series, we will explore which aspects of software ...
New in .NET 10 and C# 14: Optimizations in log aggregation jobs
.NET 10 is officially out, along with C# 14. Microsoft has released .NET 10 as Long-Term Support (LTS) as a successor to .NET 8. Like every version, it is not just an update but brings something new to the table. In this series, we will explore which aspects of software ...
Using Strategy Pattern with Dependency Injection in ASP.NET Core
Selection logic is a prominent part of many applications. Whether you add a simple environment toggle, a UI mode decision, or apply a discount, you have to rely on user input. Sometimes, simply using an intuitive if-else or a switch case can work. However, when conditions are growing or a ...