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Challenging the C# StringBuilder Performance

Mar 14, 2019 | 28

Some of the biggest performance problems in almost any .NET application boil down to string...

Pipeline Pattern Implementations in C# .NET – Part 1

Jul 9, 2019 | 26
How to Beat Array Iteration Performance with Parallelism in C# .NET

Apr 1, 2019 | 24
Cache Implementations in C# .NET

May 15, 2019 | 22
Find, Fix, and Avoid Memory Leaks in C# .NET: 8 Best Practices

Jan 3, 2019 | 21

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Use Performance Counters in .NET to measure Memory, CPU, and Everything – Full Guide

by Michael Shpilt | Sep 9, 2019 | C# | 0

There’s an incredible built-in mechanism in Windows called Performance Counters that allows you to follow a whole lot of useful metrics. It’s easy to use, comes free, and perhaps not used as much as it deserves. In this article, we’ll see how to monitor performance counters with PerfMon, …

Pipeline Implementations in C#: TPL Dataflow Async steps and Disruptor-net

by Michael Shpilt | Aug 26, 2019 | C# | 0

In the 3rd part of the series we’ll see how to create asynchronous steps in the pipeline with TPL Dataflow. We’ll also see a new implementation using the Disruptor-net library.

Logging in C# .NET Modern-day Practices: The Complete Guide

by Michael Shpilt | Aug 13, 2019 | C# | 18

Logging is a big part of software development for many years now. This guide is a bird’s eye view of modern solutions for logging in .NET space.

Debug & Catch Exceptions in Visual Studio: The Complete Guide

by Michael Shpilt | Aug 5, 2019 | C# | 0

One of the most important concepts in modern programming is Exceptions. They were introduced in the 60’s with LISP and eventually made their way to practically all modern programming languages. This article is an extensive guide to dealing with exceptions in Visual Studio.

Pipeline Pattern in C# (part 2) with TPL Dataflow

by Michael Shpilt | Jul 22, 2019 | C# | 12

In the First Part of the series, we talked about the Pipeline Pattern in programming, also known as the Pipes and Filters design pattern. In this part, we’ll see how to implement such a pipeline with TPL Dataflow.

Pipeline Pattern Implementations in C# .NET – Part 1

by Michael Shpilt | Jul 9, 2019 | C# | 26

The Pipeline pattern is a powerful tool in programming. The idea is to chain a group of functions in a way that the output of each function is the input the next one. The concept is pretty similar to an assembly line where each step manipulates and prepares the product for the next step.

Find, Fix, and Avoid Performance Problems in C# .NET: 10 Best Practices

by Michael Shpilt | Jun 24, 2019 | C# | 10

Don’t know about you, but I’m obsessed about performance. I’ve gathered a list of 10 best practices on dealing with performance problems, starting with when you need to deal with them at all.

How to Debug LINQ queries in C#

by Michael Shpilt | Jun 13, 2019 | C# | 11

LINQ is terrible to debug. We have no way of knowing what goes on inside that query. We can see the input, we can see the output, but that’s about it. What happens when something goes wrong? Do we just stare at the code, trying to get some kind of insight? There’s got to be a better way…