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Still mocking your database in integration tests? That’s fine for unit tests. But if you want to test real behavior, you need a real database. This is where Testcontainers comes in. It spins up lightweight, disposable containers during test runs — like PostgreSQL, MySQL, or

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Running your .NET apps with Docker Compose? It works. But there might be a better way. Managing environment variables, setting up service dependencies, and wiring connection strings can get messy fast. I recently migrated one of my Docker Compose setups to .NET Aspire. Aspire

Need pixel‑perfect PDF reports in .NET? Skip proprietary libraries and use HTML templates plus PuppeteerSharp. Build your report as an HTML Handlebars template, compile it with data, then render to PDF via a headless browser.

ASP .NET Core error handling: - Custom middleware: wrap the pipeline in try/catch - Log errors & return JSON ProblemDetails - Use IProblemDetailsService to standardize responses - Adopt IExceptionHandler from .NET 8 for focused handlers

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How do you pass data to a background job? With IHostedService, it’s tricky. You’d need to save the state to a database first, then have your background service read from it. Not ideal. Quartz makes this much easier. When you schedule a job, you can pass in data directly. No

Here's your comprehensive guide to understanding and building Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers for C# developers. It’s a great hands-on resource for exploring MCP and AI assistant integration in .NET environments. 📚 msft.it/6012spDTp

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Every time an AI uses the first person pronoun "I" in reference to itself -- it is a lie. There is no I in there. The AI is not a being. The AI is a table of numbers. Every time an AI uses that first person pronoun to refer to itself it is a lie being told by the creators, and

Junior developer uses EF Core directly in Controller. Middle developer uses Controller-Service-Repository. Senior developer uses Clean Architecture. Architect uses EF Core in Controller back again. Why does this happen? Because real-world projects benefit from simple

Your .NET apps need a reverse proxy. Why? - Secure entry point - Central auth & TLS (termination) - Load balancing - Request aggregation I just dropped a video showing how to build one with YARP in ASP.NET Core. Check it out: youtu.be/DcIi-XPqmTQ

Still building auth from scratch? Stop. Use this instead: Keycloak is a free authentication server that gives you secure logins, password management, and JWTs out of the box — so you can focus on building your app, not reinventing auth. In just 45 minutes, you’ll go from

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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗡𝗦 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀? If you're a web developer or DevOps engineer, you should know what happens when you type https:// website .com into your browser and press Enter. The first step is to translate this text-based domain into a machine-readable numerical IP address. This

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I spent 2 days speeding up an API endpoint... And I made it 15x faster. The endpoint did heavy calculations and pulled data from several services, so it didn’t scale. My process was simple: - Find the slowest code - Fix the queries - Cut external calls - Add caching last