How To Become A Senior .NET Backend Developer
Read time: 5 minutesMany .NET Saturday readers told me they are trying to figure out how to become Senior .NET Backend Developers.This is something I totally understand since I was in the same position...
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How To Deploy .NET Applications To Azure
Read time: 4 minutesI love building .NET web apps, and the part I enjoy the most is when I get them deployed to the cloud, where anyone can access them from anywhere.Knowing how to deploy your .NET...
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How I Use AI To Get Stuff Done 10x Faster
Read time: 4 minutesToday I want to share with you how I’ve been using AI to get my daily coding tasks done 10x faster.In fact, I can’t code without some sort of AI assistance anymore. Seriously, I...
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Building Microservices With .NET 8
Read time: 4 minutesToday I want to talk about .NET 8 and why I think it is the best version of .NET to build microservices.Microservices are the best way to build cloud-ready systems at scale, and...
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Standing Up An API Gateway For .NET Microservices
Read time: 5 minutesToday I’ll show you how to add an API Gateway to your .NET microservices-based system.An API Gateway is a critical component in a microservices architecture because it acts as a...
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Surviving A Layoff In Big Tech
Read time: 7 minutesI got laid off from Microsoft about a year ago, and it turned out to be one of the best things that ever happened to me.Every few months I read news about big tech companies laying...
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Building a CI/CD Pipeline With GitHub Actions
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View ArticleHow To Keep Up With New Developer Technologies
Read time: 6 minutesToday I want to tackle a question I keep hearing from many folks: how to keep up with new technologies.The tech industry is constantly evolving, and new technologies, tools, and...
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How To Scale From Zero To A Million Users
Read time: 5 minutesToday I’ll go over the road from a small web server + database application to having a system that can handle a million users.As your application grows, you’ll need to start...
View ArticleHow To Write Clean Code
Read time: 7 minutesWriting clean code is essential for building maintainable, scalable, and bug-free software.Clean code is easy to read, understand, and modify, making it easier to collaborate with...
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Securing ASP.NET Core Apps With OIDC and Microsoft Entra ID
Read time: 11 minutesToday I’ll show you how to secure your ASP.NET Core applications using OpenID Connect (OIDC) and Microsoft Entra ID.OIDC is the industry-standard protocol for authentication and is...
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How To Get Started With .NET
Read time: 6 minutesToday I want to take step back and give you a quick overview of how to get started with the .NET platform.If you are a software developer, you probably have heard that .NET skills...
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ASP.NET Core HttpClient Tutorial
Read time: 5 minutesIn this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use the HttpClient in your ASP.NET Core apps to make HTTP requests to other services or APIs.It is almost inevitable that sooner than later...
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ASP.NET Core Pagination For Large Datasets
Read time: 6 minutesToday I’ll challenge what you know about pagination in ASP.NET Core.You probably know how important it is to paginate your data before sending it from your API backend to your...
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MongoDB Tutorial For .NET Developers
Read time: 6 minutesToday I’ll show you how to add MongoDB support to your ASP.NET Core application.Relational databases are great, but sometimes a NoSQL database like MongoDB can be a better fit to...
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ASP.NET Core File Upload Tutorial
Read time: 8 minutesToday we’ll see how to implement file uploads in ASP.NET Core.Uploading a file as part of a form submission is a common requirement in web applications, so it’s important to know...
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Understanding JSON Web Tokens
Read time: 7 minutes Well, 2024 is gone, and wow it was such an amazing year in many aspects, but especially for software developers and AI enthusiasts. As I look back, here are a few 2024...
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IsAuthenticated Is Not About The User
Read time: 8 minutes A few days ago I finished the audiobook version of Nexus, the latest book by Yuval Noah Harari, and wow, it’s such an impressive take on the impact of AI in our society and what...
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Avoiding The DIY Authentication Trap
Read time: 9 minutes With Course 3 of the bootcamp finally launched, I’m now switching gears to Course 4, which will be all about deploying .NET apps to the Azure cloud, one of the most exciting...
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Fixing Claims the Right Way
Read time: 5 minutes It’s flu season in the US and after my 5yo went down with a cold, sure enough, one of my other kids followed and then it got me. So it’s been a tough week, but hope to be...
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