Aleksei Zagoskin

(for the "AI detectives": yes, I type "—" on my keyboard by pressing OPT+Shift+-) It’s been a while since my last post.

Message brokers are a crucial part of many asynchronous distributed systems.

Today, let's dive into the somewhat unpredictable and potentially risky behavior of the C# 8.0 "Using Declaration" feature.

In recent months, the buzz around AI assistants, particularly our "old new" friend ChatGPT, has been impossible to ignore.

The title may sound bold and clickbait-ish, but it is what it is...

Today I was going to post a tweet like "Hey fellow developers, use Rider/Resharper instead of good old Visual Studio because the former will find and fix some bugs for you", but then I decided to check what the latest Visual Studio 2022 can do against Rid…

(The same is true for IAsyncEnumerable<T>) A few days ago I came across a code where a developer used .NET MemoryCache to cache data retrieved from the database.

AutoFixture is an amazing library that simplifies the process of creating test data in .NET.

The ConcurrentDictionary<TKey, TValue> type is commonly used as a thread-safe alternative to the Dictionary<TKey, TValue> type.

After taking a break from blogging, I am excited to be back and try something new.

Software engineers are like children — we love to play with toys.

In the previous article, Unit Tests Done Right (Part 1), we explored some of the best practices for unit testing and then compiled a list of must-have libraries that greatly improve the quality of tests.

UPDATE: The second part is now available: How to test LINQ and mappings.