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Contract-First API Development in ASP.NET Core: OpenAPI, Client Generation, and Schema Governance

Design reliable API contracts, generate consistent clients, prevent breaking changes, and manage API evolution across teams

Oct 13 • Jenny Muralidharan

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Benchmarking ASP.NET Core Applications: BenchmarkDotNet, Load Testing, and Finding Real Bottlenecks

Measure ASP.NET Core performance correctly, separate microbenchmarks from load tests, and optimize the bottlenecks that actually matter

Oct 6 • Jenny Muralidharan

September 2026

Native AOT in ASP.NET Core: Faster Startup, Smaller Containers, and the Trade-Offs

Compile ASP.NET Core applications ahead of time for faster startup, lower memory use, and leaner deployments, while understanding what you give up

Sep 29 • Jenny Muralidharan

High-Performance I/O in ASP.NET Core: Streams, Pipelines, and Efficient Data Processing

Process large amounts of data efficiently with asynchronous I/O, streaming, pipelines, buffering, and memory-conscious ASP.NET Core patterns

Sep 22 • Jenny Muralidharan

Memory Management in ASP.NET Core: GC, Allocations, LOH, and Object Pooling

Understand how .NET manages memory, reduce allocation pressure, control the Large Object Heap, and use pooling where it actually improves performance

Sep 15 • Jenny Muralidharan

Graceful Shutdown and Application Lifecycle in ASP.NET Core: Deploy Without Dropping Work

Stop accepting new work, finish what matters, and shut down ASP.NET Core applications safely during deployments and restarts

Sep 8 • Jenny Muralidharan

Designing Backpressure in ASP.NET Core: Handling Overload Without Crashing Your System

Control incoming work, protect limited resources, and keep ASP.NET Core applications responsive when demand exceeds capacity

Sep 1 • Jenny Muralidharan

August 2026

Configuration at Scale in ASP.NET Core: Dynamic Settings, Validation, and Safe Reloading

Build configuration systems that can change safely without turning production settings into a source of outages

Aug 25 • Jenny Muralidharan

Building Distributed Applications with .NET Aspire: Orchestration, Service Discovery, and Observability

Bring your ASP.NET Core services, dependencies, configuration, and telemetry together with .NET Aspire

Aug 18 • Jenny Muralidharan

Edge Computing with ASP.NET Core: Running Applications Closer to Users

Run ASP.NET Core workloads closer to users and devices for faster responses, local processing, and resilient applications

Aug 11 • Jenny Muralidharan

Integrating AI and Machine Learning in ASP.NET Core Applications: Practical Use Cases

Build intelligent ASP.NET Core applications using AI services, machine learning models, and real-world automation

Aug 4 • Jenny Muralidharan

July 2026

Service Mesh Concepts for ASP.NET Core Developers: Traffic, Security, and Observability

Secure and observe service-to-service communication without changing your application code

Jul 28 • Jenny Muralidharan