Selecting the appropriate data structure is frequently the key to C# performance improvement. Sequences of values can be represented by T[], List<T>, and Span<T>, although they differ significantly in terms of allocation, memory access, slicing, and iteration. This comparison is made much more intriguing with.NET 10. JIT optimization, loop cloning, devirtualization, stack allocation, and Span<T>…
Author: Pablo Francesco
Pipeline Pattern: A Simple Real-World Example
Combining several processes for a single request into a single, huge function may soon make the code difficult to comprehend and maintain. A straightforward solution to this issue is the Pipeline Pattern. It divides the process into smaller parts, each of which is in charge of a certain task. An online payment API is a…
ASP.NET Tutorial: Designing AI Fallback Chains for Provider and Model Failures
AI applications are becoming more and more reliant on various models and suppliers. One model may be used in a production application for simple chats, another for sophisticated reasoning, and a third as a fallback in case the main service goes down. This raises a crucial dependability query: When the selected AI model doesn’t work,…
OAuth Authentication for PostgreSQL 18 Using ASP.NET Core Identity
Authentication is usually one of the first security decisions made when building an ASP.NET Core application. For many applications, the architecture looks like this: User | v ASP.NET Core | v Identity Provider | v Application | v PostgreSQL The application authenticates the user, creates an application identity, and then connects to PostgreSQL using a…
ASP.NET Core HTTP/3 Benchmarking Under Actual API Load
HTTP/3 is more than just a protocol specification to keep an eye on. Thru QUIC, ASP.NET Core Kestrel supports HTTP/3, and Microsoft is refining its implementation. Compared to earlier HTTP versions, HTTP/3 offers separate streams, uses QUIC rather than TCP, and can lower connection-establishment time. However, the crucial query for API developers is not: Is…