Friday, February 6, 2026

Ed Charbeneau shows how to build an AI-powered RMA assistant in Blazor that turns rigid forms into a friendly chat. This post uses Microsoft.Extensions.AI, function tools, and JSON schema to steer the model while binding updates into EditContext and pairing a chat UI with a real form using Telerik components.

Anderson Godoy shows how C# 14 can make domain models more expressive while guarding Clean Architecture boundaries. This post walks through using extension members to keep domain semantics in the right layer, field backed properties for normalization, and expanded partials that play nicely with source generators for IDs and converters. You get simple rules that cut helper sprawl and duplication while keeping real business rules visible.

Mukesh Murugan demystifies environment-based configuration in ASP.NET Core, showing how appsettings files, environment variables, User Secrets, and launch profiles stack in .NET 10. You'll pick up practical patterns and precedence rules to keep secrets safe, tame per-environment overrides, and dodge common mistakes that cause those head-scratching prod bugs.

Mark Heath uncovers a sneaky EF Core ILazyLoader quirk that can fire off pointless database queries as soon as you call Add on a new entity. Build your object graph first, then add to the context right before saving to keep your app snappy.

OpenSilver 3.3 lands with Blazor components running directly inside XAML apps, so you can drop DevExpress, Syncfusion, MudBlazor and more into MVVM views with native bindings and no interop tricks. This post highlights practical integration patterns, why it enables low risk WPF modernization across WebAssembly and MAUI Hybrid, and what else ships like .NET 10 support, a Responsive markup extension, and major WPF compatibility gains.

Rishabh Gupta maps a refreshingly honest path from confusion to clarity in C#, .NET 8, and ASP.NET MVC, highlighting the 2 AM aha moments that turn theory into useful code. This post favors real work over interview trivia, from tracing a request through the MVC pipeline to the realities of migrations, AI tools, and learning while holding a day job. If tutorial hell has you spinning, you will find practical guardrails that save weeks of trial and error.

Mahesh Chand cuts through .NET version churn with a rule of thumb and a plan you can trust. If you are juggling dependencies and deadlines, the decision framework and low risk checklist will save future you some headaches.

Unpack dependency injection in .NET and how Autofac turns the 'don't use new' mantra into testable, maintainable code. If the built-in DI starts to chafe as your app grows, the examples make a grounded case for when Autofac is worth it.

Jean-Baptiste S. shows how to build a self-fixing .NET 10 setup that turns production exceptions into GitHub PRs. Backed by Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Redis dedupe, and a Semantic Kernel agent using Claude, this post covers the tool use loop, smart filtering, and prefetching code context to propose credible fixes. The result is less firefighting and a cost profile that fits real teams, not research labs.

Abe Jaber recounts a near-release scare caused by NuGet version drift across a multi-project .NET repo, where CI and local restores disagreed. This post shows how Central Package Management with a single Directory.Packages.props at the repo root stops mismatched dependencies, yielding deterministic builds and easier upgrades. Perfect for teams juggling multiple APIs, workers, and tests who want fewer restore surprises.

Ali Hamza Ansari benchmarks EF Core 10 on .NET 10 with C# 14 against .NET 8, showing 25 to 50 percent faster read queries in a realistic PostgreSQL setup. This post pairs minimal API and DbContext code with BenchmarkDotNet, then unpacks why production workloads get faster, from JIT inlining and expression tree caching to leaner row materialization and small tweaks like static lambdas and JSON options. Perfect if you want practical steps and the mental model to make data access snappier without rewriting queries.

Toine de Boer shows how to build Android home screen widgets with .NET MAUI by leaning on native RemoteViews, AppWidgetProvider, and Intents from your C# code. Rather than step by step, this post highlights production-minded patterns like data sharing with Preferences, interactive actions via PendingIntent, scheduled refreshes, and a minimal MAUI startup to keep widgets snappy. If you are shipping cross-platform widgets alongside iOS, you will pick up clear guidance on configuration screens, context pitfalls, and reliable update flows.