- 10/27/2025
- 4 minute read
LinkedIn: "Are you still using new Random() everywhere?"
You need some advice around Random? Sure there is something on LinkedIn for that. Let's have a look.
Hey, I'm Steven a .NET Developer in Switzerland. I am a Microsoft MVP. Also, this blog is open source on GitHub.
Recent Posts
- 10/20/2025
- 5 minute read
Inlining and structs in C#
In this - somewhat technical and barely usable - blog post, we will have a look at inlining and structs in C#. And how they can optimize performance in some interesting ways.
- 10/6/2025
- 3 minute read
Use CancellationTokens
This is a very small blog post on why you should use CancellationTokens in your API.
- 9/15/2025
- 3 minute read
LinkedIn Benchmarks again
Another day, another dollar. LinkedIn has the tips for you! Performance, performance! Let's get right into it.
- 9/8/2025
- 2 minute read
ToDictionaryAsync retrieves the whole object from the database in Entity Framework
In Entity Framework Core ToDictionaryAsync (and of course) also the the synchronous counter part ToDictionary retrieve the whole object from the database.
- 9/1/2025
- 7 minute read
Divide and Conquer the Database
For a lack of a better title, this blog post shows a database improvement that helped me quite a bit and what to do to make it work.
- 8/25/2025
- 1 minute read
Quick one: Difference between collection expressions and collection initializer
Did you ever wonder if there is a noticeable difference between:
List<int> a = [1, 2, 3];
// And
List<int> b = new() {1,2,3};
Let's find out:
- 8/18/2025
- 1 minute read
Two more LINQ extensions in dotnet 10
The preview 6 of dotnet 10 brings two more functions: InfiniteSequence and Sequence.
- 8/11/2025
- 1 minute read
How to not return all properties in SqlRaw
Entity Frameworks SqlRaw has a small, sometimes annoying limitation:
The SQL query must return data for all properties of the entity type.
Sometimes that isn't desireable, so let's overcome that super easy.
- 8/4/2025
- 4 minute read
Disabling thread safety check in Entity Framework
In this blog post we will have a look into how to disable the thread safety check in Entity Framework. What are the implications of doing so and how to do it.