Debugging HTTP Requests in ASP.NET Core Across Environments
When the same HTTP request works in dev but fails in production, debugging gets messy fast. Example: a request returns 200 in dev but 400 in prod beca…
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Writing Node.js Addons with .NET Native AOT: A Complete Guide
Ever wished you could write Node.js native addons in C# instead of C++? .NET Native AOT makes it possible—and practical. The Problem with Traditional …
How I built an AI-enabled GitHub discovery tool
I am always in search of great GitHub repositories. I'm interested in learning new frameworks or tools, discovering niche but well-maintained projects…
I Built an Open-Source Platform Foundation for Accounting-Centric Business Apps
The problem I kept running into Every serious line-of-business project I worked on eventually forced me to solve the same hard problems from scratch. …
From React to React Native… and Now Exploring .NET
I’m a Computer Science student currently doing an internship in Tunisia. I started my journey by building web applications using React, then moved int…
Deadlock-Free by Construction: How Typhon Eliminates Deadlocks Instead of Detecting Them
💡Typhon is an embedded, persistent, ACID database engine written in .NET that speaks the native language of game servers and real-time simulations: en…
Background Services in .NET — IHostedService and BackgroundService Explained
IHostedService, BackgroundService, Worker Service, scoped services in background, Hangfire comparison Not all work in a .NET application happens withi…
Decoupling with Chain of Responsibility Pattern in C#
The article cooperates with the sample project . Walkthrough with the downloaded project is not required, but I recommend it for better understanding.…
How I Built GPU-Accelerated Frosted Glass and Acrylic Blur for .NET MAUI (And Why Every Other Library Gets It Wrong)
Blur on Android in MAUI is kind of a mess. I needed a frosted-glass effect over a scrolling message list and everything I tried either stuttered or ju…
What 2 Years as a Developer Actually Feels Like (Not the TikTok Version)
I've been a software developer for 2 years now and going by the "day in the life" videos on TikTok, you'd think I should feel confident by now. I don'…
Zero to First Agent
This is Part 2 of my series on the Microsoft Agent Framework. You can read the original post over on lukaswalter.dev . Introduction & Prerequisite…
Port Exhaustion, Context Switching, and Why "HttpClientFactory" Exists (.NET)
Hello there!👋🧔♂️ When .NET apps call other HTTP APIs under load, production often teaches the same lesson in two different voices: cryptic socket err…
Announcing ObjeX | We Built Our Own S3
We at Centro Labs recently built and released ObjeX , our own self-hosted S3-compatible blob storage. It isn't the flashiest thing we've shipped, but …
Implementing Soft Delete with Filtered Indexes in Entity Framework Core
Soft Delete with Global Query Filters and Filtered Indexes in Entity Framework Core Soft delete sounds simple until it reaches production. If you only…
Protecting .NET String Values by Hiding Them in Machine Code DLLs
Introduction Every .NET developer should understand just how critical source code protection is for preventing intellectual property loss. Whether you…
OpenAPI in .NET 10: From Setup to Build-Time Generation (with Scalar UI)
Why OpenAPI and Build-Time Generation Matter In the modern web ecosystem, a public API is only as good as its documentation. Even for a Backend-for-Fr…
We Built a Free, Fully Private Remote Control App for Windows. No Cloud, No Ads, No Compromise.
Most remote control apps make the same trade: convenience in exchange for your data passing through someone else's server. We wanted to build somethin…
C# Lowering: The Compiler Magic Behind Your Code
This article is based on official sources, compiler code exploration, experimentation using decompiler tools, and real-world experience. Have you ever…
Integrate a Copilot Studio Agent into an Existing .NET App Using Agents SDK
Introduction If your application already has an API, the fastest way to add AI is to integrate an agent created using Microsoft Copilot studio. Micros…
I shipped a NuGet package, then rewrote it completely. Here's why.
If you work in fintech and process card transactions, you've seen MCC codes. Merchant Category Code- a four-digit number that tells you what kind of b…
Beyond ChatGPT Wrappers: Building a Real Semantic Search API with ASP.NET Core and OpenAI Embeddings
Most developers jump straight to chat completions when they think "AI + backend." But the feature that's quietly changing how products work — semantic…
The Timeless Marriage: GoF Visitor, LINQ Expression Trees, and Why 30-Year-Old Patterns Still Ship Code
Patterns Don't Die — They Get Promoted to the Standard Library LINQ: Still Beautiful After All These Years The Marriage: How LINQ Queries Actually Wor…
.NET Application Architectures: Complete Guide to Monolithic, Layered, Clean, and More
Choosing the right application architecture is one of the most critical decisions you'll make when building a .NET application. The architecture you c…
Running Azure Functions in Docker: Why and How
Azure Functions Beyond the Basics Continues from Azure Functions for .NET Developers (Parts 1-9) Part 1: Running Azure Functions in Docker: Why and Ho…
Getting Started with ASP.NET Core Web API - A Beginner's Guide
If you are new to backend development and come from a .NET background, ASP.NET Core Web API is the best place to start. In this article, I will walk y…
Muonroi Building Block: an open-core .NET foundation for rule engines, decision tables, and multi-tenancy
Repository: https://github.com/muonroi/muonroi-building-block Status: public repo, open-core (Apache-2.0 OSS packages + commercial-licensed packages).…
Everyone Using DbContext Concurrently Is Making This Mistake
I Googled it. I asked AI. I tried every Stack Overflow answer I could find. Nothing worked. Then I found the fix completely by accident — in a book I …
Stop Putting Everything in the Service Class and Calling It Clean Architecture
There is a file in almost every .NET project that everyone on the team is quietly afraid of. It does not have a scary name. It is usually called somet…
Building a PCI-DSS Compliant DevSecOps CI/CD Pipeline for a Fintech Using .NET
A deep dive into the security scanning pipeline that runs on every pull request before a single line of code reaches staging or production In my last …
Kaufland.SellerApi Unleashed: Build Marketplace Integrations in Minutes with .NET 8
TL;DR: Kaufland.SellerApi is a modern, open-source C# SDK built for .NET 8 that wraps all 24 Kaufland Marketplace Seller API endpoints. It handles HMA…