Hi, my name is Andrew, or ‘Sock’ to most people. This blog is where I share my experiences as I journey into ASP.NET Core.
In this post I describe the new Cross-Site Request Forgery protection added to ASP.NET Core that uses Fetch Metadata HTTP headers instead of antiforgery tokens
In this post I describe the Fetch Metadata HTTP headers like Sec-Fetch-Site and Sec-Fetch-Mode which give information to a server about the context of a request
In this post I show some of the improvements to the Process API in .NET 11 for running processes and reading their outputs without risk of deadlock
In this post I describe what a close closed hierarchy is, how to create one, and discuss why you might want to
In this post I take a short look at the new MoveChunks API, explore how it works, what it's for, and how the new API provides opportunities for public APIs
In this post I discuss the support for union types released in .NET 11, how they're implemented, the choices made, and how to create your own
In this post I discuss the new Web Worker template available in .NET 11 for running CPU intensive tasks without blocking the UI
In this post I show some of the new features in Git 2.54 including simple rebases with git history, config-based hooks, and stats with git repo structure
In this post I describe how to remove static byte[] allocations, even on .NET Framework, by using Span , look at the associated IL, and discuss the risks
In this post I describe how to create custom templates for Docker Sandboxes, so that your sandboxes start with additional tools immediately available
In this post I show how to run AI coding agents safely while still using YOLO/dangerous mode using docker sandboxes and the sbx tool
In this post I take a brief look at the Microsoft.Extensions.Options.Contextual package to understand what it's for, how to use it, and whether to use it or not
In this post I describe the recent architectural changes to the NetEscapades.EnumGenerators package, which is now a metapackage, to support more scenarios
In this post I show how you can use MeterListener to listen to Instrument measurements, how to trigger Observable measurements, and how to aggregate values.
In this post I discuss the various Instrument types exposed by the System.Diagnostics.Metrics API and show examples from the .NET libraries and ASP.NET Core
In this post I explore the source generators shipped in Microsoft.Extensions.Telemetry.Abstractions, explore the code, and discuss whether I would use them
In this post I provide an introduction to the System.Diagnostics.Metrics API, and show how to create a custom metric and read it with dotnet-counters
In this post I describe why foreach sometimes allocates, and show how you can use DynamicMethod and Reflection.Emit to go allocation-free
In this post I describe my experience with the Windows File Explorer replacement, File Pilot. It's blazingly fast, feature rich, and has hotkeys everywhere
In this post I describe some recent changes to the NetEscapades.EnumGenerators source generator, including support for the System.Memory package and new APIs
In this post I look at how to create a simple .NET profiler. But instead of using C++, the profiler uses C# and NativeAOT with the Silhouette library
In this post I try out Zed on Windows to see if it can replace my VS Code usages for quick edits of .NET projects and writing Markdown documents
In this post I describe some recent changes to the NetEscapades.EnumGenerators source generator, including support for [EnumMember] and new analyzers
In this post we enable host tracing and use that to understand how a .NET app boots up via the dotnet muxer, hostfxr, and hostpolicy.dll
In this post I describe a solution to .NET "releasing too quickly": just pay for support of older versions, such as HeroDevs' Never Ending Support for .NET 6