Kubernetes Resource Requests and Limits for ASP.NET Core: Avoid Throttling and OOM Kills
Configure evidence-based CPU and memory requests for ASP.NET Core on Kubernetes, validate throttling and OOM signals, and ship safer production manifests.
Articles, Tutorials & Deep Dives
Production-focused .NET, Cloud, AI, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS articles for developers who ship.
LEARN IN ORDER
LEARNING PATHS 01—04Go beyond one article.
Follow a structured path from fundamentals to production-ready thinking.
01FULL COURSE SERIES · PLANNED
System Design, from first principles
Scalability, caching, queues, databases, reliability, and the trade-offs behind real systems.
Concepts → diagrams → case studies↗ 02BACKEND FOUNDATIONSBuild production APIs
Routing, validation, auth, testing, observability, and clean architecture.
ASP.NET Core · C#↗ 03DATA ENGINEERINGDesign better data layers
Schema design, query plans, indexing, transactions, and EF Core.
SQL · PostgreSQL · EF Core↗ 04SHIP TO PRODUCTIONFrom container to cloud
Docker, deployment pipelines, configuration, monitoring, and resilience.
Docker · Kubernetes · AWS↗OpenTelemetry for ASP.NET Core: Trace, Measure, and Debug Production Requests
Build a practical ASP.NET Core OpenTelemetry baseline for traces, metrics, and logs, then validate correlation, safety, and signal quality in production.
ASP.NET Core HttpClient Resilience: Reliable Outbound API Calls in Production
Build resilient ASP.NET Core outbound API calls with IHttpClientFactory, bounded retries, timeouts, circuit breakers, and observable failure handling.
ASP.NET Core Data Protection in Docker: Persist Keys Safely Across Restarts
Learn to keep ASP.NET Core cookies and protected payloads valid through Docker restarts by persisting Data Protection keys securely and consistently.
Npgsql Connection Pooling in ASP.NET Core: Prevent PostgreSQL Exhaustion
A practical ASP.NET Core guide to Npgsql pooling: size pools across replicas, dispose connections reliably, and diagnose PostgreSQL saturation early.
ASP.NET Core Request Timeouts: Stop Slow API Calls from Consuming Your Capacity
Configure practical ASP.NET Core request timeouts, honor cancellation, and protect API capacity without breaking legitimate long-running work.
ASP.NET Core Dockerfile Best Practices: Smaller, Safer Production Images
Build smaller, safer ASP.NET Core containers with multi-stage builds, cache-friendly restores, .dockerignore rules, and a non-root runtime.
ASP.NET Core 10 Health Checks: Build Reliable Readiness and Liveness Probes
Learn how to add production-ready ASP.NET Core 10 health checks with separate readiness and liveness probes, dependency checks, and Kubernetes-friendly endpoints.
Semantic Caching for ASP.NET Core AI APIs: Cut Latency and Model Costs Safely
Build a safe semantic cache for ASP.NET Core AI APIs to reduce repeat model calls, lower latency, and control costs without crossing…
ASP.NET Core Rate Limiting: Protect Your Web API Before It Reaches Production
Learn how to add rate limiting to ASP.NET Core Web APIs using fixed window and named policies, with practical defaults for public…