The Five Signs Your C Sharp Codebase Is About to Become Legacy
Legacy code is rarely old. I have seen brand new services become legacy within a year because the…
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The Hidden Async Await Traps in C# That Even Experienced Developers Miss
Async can make or break a system. I have seen beautifully designed architectures fall apart in production because…
Five Dangerous C# Sharp Anti Patterns That Will Hurt You in Production
I have reviewed hundreds of C# codebases across startups, enterprise systems, and large scale distributed architectures. Different industries,…
Outbox Pattern Done Right Real World Lessons from Distributed Systems
I have never worked on a distributed system where the Outbox Pattern was optional. It has always been…
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TL;DR: Choosing between database-per-tenant and shared-schema is trade-off heavy. Use DB-per-tenant when isolation, per-tenant backups, and tenant-level scaling…
Mastering Polly for Building Resilient .NET APIs
Resilience is not a luxury anymore. If your API calls external services, touches a database, or depends on…
The CQRS Mistakes I Keep Seeing in Real-World Systems
Every few years, CQRS becomes fashionable again. Architects rediscover it, conferences hype it, and developers start splitting their…
Distributed Locks in Microservices — What Actually Works in Production
Distributed locks are one of those topics that look deceptively simple when you read the theory… and then…
What’s New in EF Core 9 — What You Should Actually Care About
EF Core 9 launched in November 2024. It’s a “Short-Term Support” (STS) release — but with enough new…
The Clean Architecture Mistakes I Keep Seeing (Even in Senior Teams)
I’ve been using, teaching, and reviewing Clean Architecture for years. And I’ll be honest: most teams don’t get…