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Branch Prediction in .NET
Why the Same C# Loop Can Run at Different Speeds
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RAG vs Long Context in .NET
A .NET application that answers questions over documents has to decide what evidence to send to the language model. You can find a few relevant passages, load complete documents, or retrieve documents
Oct 3, 202622 min read209
How DNS Resolution Actually Affects a Running .NET App
DNS problems are easy to investigate once you follow the path from an HTTP request to a socket. The useful question is not just "What address does this name resolve to?" It is "Did this request need a
Sep 24, 20267 min read78
Your BackgroundService Has 2 Lifetimes, but Only One CancellationToken
BackgroundService gives every worker the same deceptively simple entry point: protected override Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stopToken) It encourages an equally simple implementation. Pass st
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Your HttpClient Connections May Be Living Too Long
Reusing HttpClient prevents socket exhaustion, but an indefinitely reusable connection can keep your application attached to an endpoint that DNS stopped advertising hours ago. .NET 11 introduces a mo
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