SENIOR MICROSOFT-STACK DEVELOPER
Practical engineering notes for modern .NET teams.
I write about building software that lasts: clean boundaries, fast data access, integration testing that actually helps, and pragmatic architecture decisions.
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Currently writing about
- EF Core patterns & interceptors
- Clean Architecture without ceremony
- Real-world .NET MAUI applications (not demos)
- Local-first & backend data strategies (PostgreSQL, Redis, Aspire)
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What I Do
Architecture Reviews
Pragmatic Clean Architecture, modular boundaries, refactoring plans, and “what not to do” guidance.
Clean Architecture
Specifications
DDD-lite
Performance & Data
EF Core query strategy, caching, and data access patterns that improve throughput without making the codebase brittle.
EF Core
Redis
PostgreSQL
Testing Enablement
Integration-first test strategies, reliable CI pipelines, and examples your team can reuse immediately.
xUnit
Integration Tests
CI
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Why I Didn’t Start with Spark, Pinot, or ClickHouse
Caching as a Semantic Problem: Redis, Pre-Aggregation, and Mixed Granularity Data
The Foundation: How I’m Building a Real-World Ordering Demo for Deep EF Core & Lambda Exploration
A Secure Blazor Server Azure Deployment Pipeline
A Practical Stack for Semantic Analytics: Azure, C#, Redis, and PostgreSQL
Stop Wrapping EF Core in Repositories: Use Specifications + Clean Architecture
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