aka The Bald Bearded Builder
Bringing smiles to the syntax — because laughter is the best error handler.
Learnings about .NET, JavaScript, Cloud, AI, and family.
Silent misconfiguration is sneaky and expensive. Learn how to validate strongly typed settings in .NET using IValidateOptions, add cross property rules, inject services, support named options, and fail fast at startup with ValidateOnStart.
Virtual, override and partial are tiny C# keywords with huge impact on design. This post explains how they work, when to use them, and where bugs appear. Learn the difference between override and new, why sealed override matters, and how partial classes and partial methods keep generated and hand written code happy. Every section comes with short, runnable snippets and real project tips.
EF Core does not make queries fast by default. You do. This guide shows how to cut query time by fetching less with projection, turning on AsNoTracking for reads, avoiding N+1, choosing AsSplitQuery for big includes, paginating, indexing and compiling hot queries. Each concept comes with small runnable C# snippets and clear explanations so you can apply them today without rewriting your app.
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