Distributed Caching with Redis: Patterns That Scale
Redis caching patterns for ASP.NET Core: IDistributedCache configuration, cache invalidation strategies, TTL decisions, and connection resilience.
Performance
Insights tagged with Performance
Database Transactions & Concurrency: EF Core Production Patterns
Transaction isolation levels, optimistic locking with RowVersion, DbUpdateConcurrencyException handling, and deadlock prevention in EF Core.
Concurrency Anti-Patterns: The Race Conditions That Ship
Race conditions, deadlocks, and thread-safety bugs that pass code review: shared state mutations, fire-and-forget hazards, and lock misuse.
EF Core Performance Mistakes That Ship to Production
The N+1 queries, missing projections, and tracking overhead that pass code review and slow down production systems.
Rate Limiting in ASP.NET Core: Patterns That Actually Protect
Fixed window vs sliding window vs token bucket: choose the right algorithm, partition by IP or user, and handle edge cases like missing IPs and exempt endpoints.
OutputCache in ASP.NET Core: Server-Controlled Caching That Actually Works
OutputCache gives you server-controlled caching independent of HTTP headers. Named policies, tag-based invalidation, and vary strategies for production ASP.NET Core applications.
Async/Await Pitfalls: The Deadlocks That Ship to Production
The Task.Result calls, missing ConfigureAwait, and async void patterns that cause production deadlocks in .NET applications.
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 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.
Performance Defaults That Beat Clever Optimizations
The boring baseline that makes content sites fast: OutputCache policies, EF Core query shaping, compression, and stable indexing.