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Explore template method pattern best practices in C# including sealed methods, hook design, testing strategies, and maintainable inheritance hierarchies. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/26/template-method-pattern-best-practices-in-c-code-organization-and-maintainability
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Earlier this year I mass-migrated my blog to Astro using Claude Code. 146 posts. 6,024 images. Canonical URLs, JSON-LD markup, sitemap generation, the whole stack. I'd spent hours writing a skills file to teach the agent about my blog's architecture, how deployment worked, what not to touch. And it worked. Claude Code …
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There’s a funny pattern that shows up when developers start using AI tools heavily. At first, we ask the model to do everything directly. Find… Link to article: https://build5nines.com/the-cheapest-ai-request-is-the-script-you-only-had-to-generate-once/
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As an engineering leader, you don’t need to be told your codebase needs attention. The issue isn’t awareness – it’s the rational risk calculation that follows. For four teams, that calculation kept producing the same answer: defer. They found a way out not by avoiding the calculation, but by changing what went into it. …
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table of contents Scaling horizontally is great… until the bill comes. Hence, as a startup or a big firm, you always need to be careful about billing while maintaining competitiveness. Every user who lands on your application needs high throughput. In today's post, I will share ways to Link to article: …
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A quick comparison of data types, classes, objects, records, and interfaces in C# and Python, designed for .NET developers learning Python. Link to article: https://www.code4it.dev/python-for-dotnet-developers/data-types-classes-objects-records-interfaces/
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Expression trees as a reflection alternative in C# -- learn to build compiled property accessors, method invokers, and factories in .NET 10. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/25/expression-trees-as-a-reflection-alternative-in-c-when-to-switch
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Welcome to another issue of Dev Leader Weekly! In this issue, I dig into an ExperiencedDevs Reddit thread from someone who feels their ideas always get ignored -- and why it's almost never about the quality of the ideas. Link to article: …
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To try to explain “Dynamic Consistency Boundary” usage in Event Sourcing, I’d contrast it to “traditional” Event Sourcing where events are only organized into a stream of related events. For example, all the events related to a single invoice in an invoicing system are an example of an event stream. DCB came about …
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Master the chain of responsibility design pattern in C# with practical examples showing handler chains, middleware pipelines, and real-world .NET implementations. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/25/chain-of-responsibility-design-pattern-in-c-complete-guide-with-examples
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OpenAI partners with Grupo Folha and Grupo UOL to bring trusted Brazilian journalism to ChatGPT, expanding access to news with attribution and transparency. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/grupo-folha-grupo-uol-partnership
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Master caching reflection metadata with FrozenDictionary in .NET 10 -- eliminate PropertyInfo overhead, build thread-safe metadata caches, and maximize read performance. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/24/caching-reflection-metadata-with-frozendictionary-in-net-10
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The JasperFx AI Skills are already updated with content to help you upgrade quickly to our new versions. The Critter Stack 2026 releases that I first mentioned a couple weeks ago have all hit Nuget — and in some cases might already have bug fix or even a small enhancement release since that major version … Continue …
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Discover when to use the template method pattern in C# with decision criteria, practical scenarios, and examples showing where it fits best in your codebase. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/24/when-to-use-template-method-pattern-in-c-decision-guide-with-examples
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Learn to create, apply, and read custom attributes in C# using reflection -- with practical examples for validation, routing, and plugin registration in .NET 10. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/23/custom-attributes-in-c-build-apply-and-read-them-with-reflection
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There’s a moment every developer knows. You ask an AI coding assistant a simple question like: “Rename this variable and update the related tests.” Then… Link to article: https://build5nines.com/stop-burning-premium-requests-how-to-choose-the-right-github-copilot-model-for-the-job/
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Build a production-ready proxy pattern example in C# with a multi-layered API client featuring caching, rate limiting, and circuit breaker proxies. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/23/proxy-pattern-realworld-example-in-c-complete-implementation
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When a single API call takes minutes to finish, it punishes both your users and your server. Here's the progression I walk through to turn long-running endpoints into something responsive, scalable, and operable - and when to reach for managed cloud services instead. Link to article: …
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Activator.CreateInstance vs compiled expressions in C# .NET 10 -- understand when each wins and how to build a high-performance factory with cached delegates. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/22/activatorcreateinstance-vs-compiled-expressions-in-c-net-10-performance-deep-dive
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