ProblemDetails Error Handling: RFC 7807 in ASP.NET Core
RFC 7807 ProblemDetails for API errors: IExceptionHandler setup, custom error mapping, validation responses, and sensitive data handling.
Architecture
Insights tagged with Architecture
Dependency Injection Anti-Patterns in ASP.NET Core
The 5 DI anti-patterns that pass code review: service locator, captive dependencies, over-injection, disposable transients, and lifetime mismatches.
Minimal APIs vs Controllers: A Decision Framework
A decision rubric for choosing between Minimal APIs and Controllers based on team size, complexity, and maintainability requirements.
ASP.NET Core Middleware Pipeline: The Order That Actually Matters
Middleware order determines what works and what silently breaks. ForwardedHeaders before HTTPS, Authentication before Authorization, Routing before Rate Limiting.
gRPC vs REST: A Decision Framework for .NET APIs
Performance comparison, streaming patterns, browser support, and decision criteria for choosing between gRPC and REST in ASP.NET Core applications.
Resilience Anti-Patterns: The Missing Retries That Cause Outages
The 6 resilience mistakes that turn transient failures into outages: missing retries, retry storms, broken circuit breakers, no timeouts, and missing fallbacks.
Resilience Patterns with Polly: Circuit Breakers, Retries, and Timeouts
Polly patterns for production: when to retry, circuit breaker configuration, timeout strategies, and combining policies for fault-tolerant ASP.NET Core applications.