Blog Posts

.NET: use a preview version in your global.json

We are currently in the preview phase of .NET 9, which releases in Nov 2024 - and if you want to test it extensively like I do, store the preview ver

Strings are one of the most commonly used types in .NET applications - and very often the source of inefficient code. For example, cleaning up a stri

Refit is an open-source library for .NET developers that simplifies the process of making HTTP API calls. It allows developers to define a set of int

Strong Name Signing is a mechanism in .NET development that ensures the integrity and authenticity of assemblies. It is based on a public-private key

YAML files are unfortunately part of everyday life for all developers these days; and although they are very error-prone and almost impossible to edi

For many years, there has been a lot of criticism of Visual Studio's current solution format. It is very difficult to read, it does not follow any st

Auditing is becoming increasingly important in the everyday life of a developer; however, until now there was no particularly good way in .NET - even

TLDR; You can see the full sample in my GitHub repository BEN ABT Samples - ASP.NET Core Form protection with Cloudflare's Turnstile Turnstile is a

It's now been a few months since the GDPR-drama and data-harvesting around Moq (Stop using Moq as a guinea pig to get feedback on and develop Sponsor

.NET event counters are a relatively new API for collecting metrics from .NET applications. They are part of the EventSource and EventCounter namespa