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How we integrated AI into the FinOps dashboard
Integrating an AI agent into the FinOps dashboard for fast analysis and automatic SQL generation.
Turning C# into Python, JavaScript and F#
How the new extension syntax in C# 14 allows mimicking behavior from other programming languages
Using OpenAPI to sync API between frontend and backend
Step-by-step guide to automatically sync types and clients between ASP.NET Web API and frontend using OpenAPI.
A fast way to insert large arrays into SQL Server
How to quickly and efficiently load large data into SQL Server: comparing regular INSERT, SqlBulkCopy with DataTable, and IDataReader.
StringBuilder tip: use Append without ToString
Analysis of CA1830 code quality rule and its impact on application performance
Use indexer instead of LINQ method
Analysis of CA1826 code quality rule and its impact on application performance
xxHash: the fastest hashing algorithm in the .NET ecosystem
How to use xxHash in C# for fast, stable hash computation without allocations
CA2254, logging in C# and performance issues
Short guide to CA2254, why logging can degrade performance, and how LoggerMessageAttribute helps.
Duck Typing in C#
C# duck typing patterns with foreach loops, async-await, and collection initialization syntax
Source Generators in C#
How to reduce boilerplate code in EventFlow library using C# Source Generators
Object Pools in C#
A deep dive into performance and internal implementation details of Object Pool pattern in C#
FrozenDictionary under the hood
A deep dive into performance and internal implementation details of FrozenDictionary in .NET 8
How data affects performance
A short experiment on how array initialization methods impact performance
How to avoid mistakes in benchmarks
Common mistakes in writing benchmarks in C# and how to fix them
Hash collision counting in FrozenDictionary
Analyzing the hash collision counting algorithm in FrozenDictionary and its optimization using bitwise operations
Ways to create arrays in C#
A performance and applicability comparison of seven different ways to create arrays in C#
Fast modulo calculation in FrozenDictionary
An analysis of the optimized modulo calculation algorithm used in FrozenDictionary, compared to the classic approach
Speeding up Dictionary with structs
Optimizing Dictionary performance in C# using structs and CollectionsMarshal
Simplify integration testing with Testcontainers
Integration testing in C# using Testcontainers
The 16-byte rule: performance of C# structures
Detailed exploration of the performance differences between C# structures and classes
What's wrong with the Options pattern in C#?
Analysis of the limitations of the Options pattern in C#
What is ReadOnlySpan<T> in C# and how fast is it?
A performance comparison between ReadOnlySpan<T> and string operations in C#
Fastest way to extract a substring in C#
A performance comparison of different substring extraction methods in C#
Performance issues when using a method as a parameter in C#
Investigating performance issues when passing a method as a parameter in C#
How to call Program.Main method with top-level statements
A guide on how to call the Main method in C# programs that use top-level statements
Understanding DDD: from anemic to rich domain model
A guide to improving your code with Domain-Driven Design and Rich Domain Model
Impact of EF mapping strategy on SQL queries performance
A performance comparison of different EF mapping strategies in SQL Server
How to create a blog on GitHub
Step-by-step guide to building and configuring a blog using Jekyll and GitHub Pages
Functional programming in F# 2
Data types, functions, and currying in F#
Functional programming in F# 1
An example of how to implement the Fibonacci sequence in F# and C#
Tricky enum in .NET
Limitations and issues with enums in .NET, and how to solve them using the enum class pattern