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How to Beat Array Iteration Performance with Parallelism in C# .NET

Apr 1, 2019 | 24

Let's consider a simple programming challenge: Summing all items of a large array. Now it stands to reason that this can be easily optimized by using parallelism...

The Battle of C# to JSON Serializers in .NET Core 3

Oct 16, 2019 | 37
C# Job Queue Implementations in Depth – Part 1

Mar 7, 2019 | 25
Pipeline Pattern Implementations in C# .NET – Part 1

Jul 9, 2019 | 28
Challenging the C# StringBuilder Performance

Mar 14, 2019 | 28

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C# to C# Communication: REST, gRPC and everything in between

by Michael Shpilt | Feb 10, 2020 | C# | 14

There are many ways to communicate between a C# client and a C# server. Some are robust, others not so much. Some are very fast, others aren’t. It’s important to know the different options so you can decide what’s best for you.

Debugging ASP.NET Web Request Failures: The Complete Guide

by Michael Shpilt | Jan 6, 2020 | C# | 1

You’re sending an HTTP request to your ASP.NET server, and out of the blue, it returns a 500 error. Now what? The error code doesn’t say too much by itself. Did a database request fail? Was there an exception? In this article we’ll see how to get the most information on the error.

Debugging 3rd Party .NET Code without symbols in Visual Studio

by Michael Shpilt | Dec 9, 2019 | C# | 2

It’s not so rare to see weird things happen in 3rd party library code. Call some method and you’ve got a strange exception. Or an incorrect behavior or even a process crash. It sure would be nice to debug some of these issues. In this article we’re going to do just that – You’ll see how to debug 3rd party library code in Visual Studio.

Debugging Lock Contention Performance Issues in C# .NET

by Michael Shpilt | Nov 19, 2019 | C# | 6

Lock contention is a state where one thread is waiting for another while trying to acquire a lock. Whatever time spent waiting for the lock is “lost” time that is wasted doing nothing and causes performance problems. In this article, you’ll see how to detect lock contention problems, debug them, and find the core cause of the issue.

Performance Profiling of .NET Core 3 applications on Linux with dotnet-trace and PerfView

by Michael Shpilt | Nov 4, 2019 | C# | 4

Performance issues never seem to disappear from the world, no matter how fast new computers become. To deal with those issues we need proper tools. We have some great tools on Windows. On .NET Core with Linux, things are not so great. But they’re getting better.

The Battle of C# to JSON Serializers in .NET Core 3

by Michael Shpilt | Oct 16, 2019 | C# | 37

.NET Core 3 was recently released and brought with it a bunch of innovations, including a brand new JSON (de)serializer System.Text.Json. We’re going to compare this serializer with Newtonsoft.Json and other major .NET serializers. Check out this epic performance battle.

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# | 1

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.