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Seeing connection pool timeouts after going async in ASPNET? Learn how sync over async deadlocks happen and the simple pattern that avoids them. #csharp #dotnet #aspnet bbb.dev/ik6og841uz

Thread Pool Exhaustion in ASP.NET: The Async Database Trap

If you’ve ever migrated a working ASP.NET application from synchronous database calls to async, and suddenly found yourself hitting connection pool timeouts under load, you’ve likely fa…

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WinDev Helper 4.1.0 brings selector-driven UI automation, smarter key input, and MP4 interaction recording aligned with winapp CLI v0.5.0. A tidy upgrade for WinUI diagnostics and packaged app workflows inside VS Code. #dotnet #winui #vscode bbb.dev/-tyf52w3dj
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Copy paste console bootstraps, begone. A minimal template plus a Devlead.Console source package gives you consistent DI, logging, config, and Spectre.Console with easy updates across projects. #dotnet #csharp bbb.dev/zg49pr2irw

@devlead - Mattias Karlsson's Blog - Template plus source package: my .NET console stack in 2026

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Untangle ASPNET Core URLs with a quick guide to PathBase vs Path, proper link generation, and building the absolute display URL. Save yourself from proxy and sub-app gotchas with patterns that travel well. #aspnetcore #dotnet #csharp bbb.dev/2tukj168pz

ASP.NET Core Request Paths Reference

Compare request URL, path, query string, host, scheme, and base-path values in ASP.NET Core.

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Wrangle NuGet version drift with one file to rule them all using Directory.Packages.props. Barret shares setup steps, overrides, globals, and a real-world layout to keep teams in sync. #dotnet #nuget #csharp bbb.dev/chowd4_jp4

Give .NET Its Props - Central Package Management

You update a package in one project, but then you forget that you’re also using that package in another project. .NET has the solution for your…. solution: central package management.

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Visual Studio 18.8 bakes in Agent Skills that encode real .NET and Azure know-how, from clean Web API scaffolding to perf reviews and a prepare validate deploy flow for Azure. #dotnet #csharp #azure bbb.dev/y4mfqbgspe

Built-in Agent Skills Bring .NET and Azure Expertise into Visual Studio - Visual Studio Blog

Visual Studio now includes built-in Agent Skills, created by experts from the .NET and Azure teams, to help you better customize your agentic workflow and

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Wire up agents the .NET way with DI. Jesse Liberty builds a Microsoft Agent Framework workflow that stays decoupled and easy to test, from console to ASPNET. #csharp #dotnet bbb.dev/nv1fkexczs
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Cut through the OpenTelemetry fog in .NET: ActivitySource is just a named factory, and multiple instances with the same name are fine as long as you AddSource correctly. #dotnet #csharp bbb.dev/dgoid4839t
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Upserts in EF Core are trickier than they look: Chris Woodruff compares raw MERGE with BulkMerge, shares benchmarks, and shows how to do fast, safe imports. Practical tips that prevent duplicate rows and production oopsies. #efcore #csharp #dotnet bbb.dev/zxccl3habb
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SkiaSharp 4 is here! In this .NET MAUI Community Standup, Matthew Leibowitz, David Ortinau, and Gerald Versluis take a look at what’s new in SkiaSharp 4 and what it means for .NET MAUI developers. #dotnet #csharp #maui bbb.dev/6g8pwup7eh

.NET MAUI Community Standup: SkiaSharp 4 has arrived!

SkiaSharp 4 is here! In this .NET MAUI Community Standup, Matthew L...

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A playful C# brain teaser from Jiří Činčura: Object<T> with recursive generic constraints and notnull pushing type safety to the brink. A tiny laugh that also nudges better design instincts. #csharp #dotnet bbb.dev/zwh4oeycki

Strongly typed generic object in C#

Because sometimes you just need bit more type safety.

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Hung Python scripts, deadlocked output, and zombie processes are still tripping up .NET apps, but .NET 11 and a few battle-tested patterns make orchestration boringly reliable. #dotnet #csharp bbb.dev/jagowqu9x_

5 Process Management Problems Every .NET Developer Faces (And How .NET 11 Fixes Them)

Most developers don’t think much about process management — until something breaks in production.

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Blazor and .NET 10 bring first class nested validation with AddValidation and ValidatableType, plus cleaner UX with EditContext.IsValid. #blazor #dotnet #aspnetcore bbb.dev/lv3xkqf99-

Advanced Form Validation in Blazor 10

These new features available in Blazor as of .NET 10 help manage forms with nested objects and lists, plus perform complex and cross-field validations.

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Make noisy clients play nice: Trevoir Williams shows fixed and sliding windows, per-user and IP policies, and friendly 429s with ASPNET Core's built-in rate limiting. Keep your API fast, fair, and resilient. #csharp #dotnet #aspnetcore bbb.dev/_8vaxfqlzn

Implementing Robust Rate Limiting in Your .NET APIs

At its core, rate limiting is about setting boundaries. It prevents any single client from overwhelming your system with an excessive number of requests.

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From 'one model call' to a real multi-agent system in .NET, Aspire models the whole graph while Foundry and MAF power chat, voice, and specialist tools. A tidy path to orchestration and observability in C#. #dotnet #csharp #aspire bbb.dev/aswdhpb081

Distributed multi-agent systems with Aspire and Microsoft Agent Framework

Learn how Aspire, Microsoft Agent Framework, and Microsoft Foundry model, run, observe, and publish a distributed multi-agent AlpineAI ski resort demo.

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Rick Strahl breaks down hosting ASPNET Core in a subfolder with PathBase, path-safe links, and IIS Application setup that mirrors local dev. Tips for ~/, IUrlHelper, and a JS basePath help dodge those 404 gremlins. #aspnetcore #iis #csharp bbb.dev/603tbkc4f3

Running ASP.NET Core Applications as a Subfolder Application

While ASP.NET Core applications typically run from the root folder, some scenarios—such as hosting multiple blogs under a single domain—require running from a subfolder. This post explains how to...

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Goodbye GUID soup. Meet .slnx, the simpler XML solution format that trims merge conflicts and standardizes tooling, plus a one-command migration. #dotnet #csharp #visualstudio bbb.dev/jo3ofk73aj

Exploring the SLNX Solution File Format

SLNX files are here! In this post, we'll talk about what this format is, why it exists, what it gets right and where you might get tripped up.

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Yanislav Ivanov from Telerik joins @danroth27 and Javier Calvarro Nelson to show how Blazor components use WebMCP to expose actions directly to AI agents, enabling natural language prompts to drive real UI interactions. #aspnet #csharp #dotnet bbb.dev/9r247bm_1l

Blazor Community Standup: WebMCP in Action with Blazor

Yanislav Ivanov from Telerik joins us to show how Blazor components...

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Azure Container Apps gets a speed boost with Express and safer experiments with Sandboxes that wire managed identity into Azure Connectors. Quick wins for .NET folks who hate cold starts and secret sprawl. #dotnet #azure #containers bbb.dev/hiy-hnfan0

Azure Container Apps with Paul Yuknewicz and Jan Kalis

Have you checked out Azure Container Apps lately? Carl and Richard talk to Paul Yuknewicz and Jan Kalis about how they have sped up startup time with Container Apps using a feature called Express,...

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Silent overwrites are sneaky, but EF Core 10 optimistic concurrency makes them easy to catch with RowVersion or xmin, proper 409 handling, and a safe retry pattern. #efcore #aspnetcore #dotnet bbb.dev/n6k1kbpg_8

Optimistic Concurrency in EF Core 10: ASP.NET Core Web API Guide

Learn how to prevent data conflicts in ASP.NET Core Web API using optimistic concurrency with EF Core 10. RowVersion tokens, conflict resolution, retry…

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