If you regularly use the async/await feature in C# (Let’s be honest, who doesn’t), you are probably familiar with Task and Task<T>. Even more so, if you work with a C# version ≥ C# 8, you might even have worked with ValueTask before. What do these have in common? Pretty…

One of my favourite features of any IDE is how seamless Docker works with (.NET) projects in Visual Studio. The greatest part about it is how simple it is to run an application in an isolated and reproducible environment. …

Recently I finally got the chance to work with some IAsyncEnumerable methods outside of some proof of concept dabbling with these new async streams. …

You might know that I am a big fan of docker and containers in general and usually try to reap the benefits of it wherever possible. Having reproducible and isolated environments is invaluable for everything from developing, testing and deploying. I want to get a bit more in detail on…

Recently, I was investigating some options for (automated) code quality tooling, including code metrics, dependency graphs, and self-imposed coding styles. In order to have a maintainable, scalable and tidy solution, these are very important aspects to keep track of. In this article, I would like to highlight three approaches, starting…

Recently I made a few posts about some fancy features embedded in C#8, however, I feel like there is one feature which is super useful, but tends to fly under the radar a lot — Range & Index. While being the basic building block of a lot of other collections…

Today I was reading through the Asp.Net middleware pipeline documentations, and while reading through I was satisfied with the explanation on how to use the pipeline, but on the other hand, I was really curious how an implementation of such a pipeline would look like. You know, using something is…

If you are using Docker and Visual Studio, chances are you are also using the Visual Studio fast-mode container tools. It’s a really convenient integration to do rapid development in a containerized environment, similar to how a proper container would behave like in a production system. In case you are…

Here’s the thing: In the last few years there have been numerous improvements when it comes to handling null references more gracefully. Most prominently, C#8 added the nullable reference type feature, which allows for compile time checking of null references in a great way. …