State management in Angular is often over-engineered. Do you really need the full Redux pattern (NgRx) with its boilerplate Actions, Reducers, Effects, and Selectors? Or is Akita’s OO-approach better? NgRx: The Strict Pure Approach NgRx is verbose but predictable. It shines in large teams where strict enforcement of “One Way Data Flow” prevents spaghetti code. […]
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Observability with OpenTelemetry in .NET
Vendor lock-in is a real risk in observability. If you instrument your code with `ApplicationInsights.TrackEvent()`, migrating to Datadog or Prometheus later requires a rewrite. OpenTelemetry (OTel) solves this. The OTel Collector Pattern Your app sends data to a local “Collector” (Sidecar), which then exports it to multiple backends. This code is vendor-neutral. The OTel Collector […]
Read more →Azure Functions 3.0 to 4.0: Performance Deep Dive
With the release of Azure Functions 4.0 (running on .NET 6), the performance landscape for serverless has shifted dramatically. Upgrading from 3.0 (.NET Core 3.1) isn’t just a version bump; it is an overhaul of the worker process. Cold Start Analysis The “Cold Start” is the time it takes for Azure to provision your instance […]
Read more →Playwright vs Selenium in 2021
For a decade, Selenium was the king of E2E testing. But modern SPAs (React/Vue) flakiness made it painful. Microsoft’s Playwright (fork of Puppeteer) offers a faster, more reliable alternative by using the DevTools Protocol directly. Auto-Waiting Playwright waits for elements to be actionable checks prior to performing actions. No more `Thread.Sleep(5000)`! Browser Contexts Run isolated […]
Read more →Implementing Clean Architecture with .NET 5
Clean Architecture (Robert C. Martin) separates concerns into concentric rings, with the Domain at the center. Dependencies point inward. We implement this in .NET 5. The Layers The Dependency Rule The Application layer defines interfaces (e.g., `IOrderRepository`), but the Infrastructure layer implements them. This “Inversion of Control” keeps the core independent of the database. Key […]
Read more →Azure Logic Apps Standard: Single Tenant & VS Code
Historically, Logic Apps were a shared SaaS offering. Logic Apps “Standard” creates a single-tenant runtime (on top of Azure Functions), enabling local development, VNET integration, and reliable performance without “noisy neighbors.” Local Development in VS Code Since it’s built on the Functions runtime, you can run workflows locally! Stateful vs Stateless **Stateful**: Default. Checkpoints every […]
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