PinnedInReal World .NETbyKerim Kara·May 9Background Jobs in .NET: Hangfire vs Queues vs Hosted ServicesA practical guide to choosing the right background processing strategy in .NET using Hangfire, message queues, and ASP.NET Core hosted…A response icon2A response icon2
PinnedInStackademicbyKerim Kara·Mar 10The EF Core Query Optimization That Looks Smart but Doubles CPU UsageMost EF Core performance problems do not start with obviously bad code. They start with code that looks thoughtful. It uses AsNoTracking()…A response icon2A response icon2
PinnedInActivated ThinkerbyKerim Kara·Mar 10The .NET Architecture Layer That Looks Enterprise — and Cuts Throughput in HalfSome .NET architecture decisions fail loudly. This one fails politely.A response icon2A response icon2
PinnedKerim Kara·Feb 1The Architecture Pattern That Gets You Promoted — Then Wakes You Up at 3AMEveryone remembers the architecture that got them promoted.A response icon2A response icon2
PinnedKerim Kara·Feb 1The .NET Pattern That Makes Your Codebase Look Senior — and Perform Like GarbageThis article continues the discussion started in “The .NET Architecture Pattern That Looks Professional but Scales Like Trash,” where I…A response icon2A response icon2
Kerim Kara·Sep 5The Service Layer That Turns Simple Requests into Deep Call StacksA service layer can protect application workflows. It can also turn a three-line request into a six-class expedition through code that owns…
Kerim Kara·Sep 4Runtime Async Won’t Fix Your Slow ASP.NET Core APIA faster state machine cannot rescue slow SQL, serialized network calls, connection-pool queues, or unbounded work
Kerim Kara·Sep 4HTTP/3 in ASP.NET Core 11: What Gets Faster and What Doesn’tIntroduction: A Faster Transport Is Not a Faster Application
Kerim Kara·Sep 2Why Senior Developers Profile Architecture, Not Just CodeThe slowest method is often only the place where a larger design problem becomes visible
Kerim Kara·Sep 2The .NET Performance Optimization That Looks Great in MicrobenchmarksYour benchmark says the optimization is dramatically faster. Production says nobody noticed. Both measurements can be correct.
