Notesfrom production.

Practical, opinionated writing on .NET, performance and architecture — drawn from real production systems.

.Result Will Deadlock Your API

After years of reviewing .NET production incidents, one anti-pattern keeps showing up in the same place — blocking on async code with .Result or .Wait().

Jun 2026Read

Entity Framework3 min read

ToList() or ToArray()?

Both execute your query and materialize the results. So which should you reach for — and does the choice actually matter?

May 2026Read

Architecture5 min read

Clean Architecture That Actually Scales

Clean Architecture isn't about folders named 'Domain' and 'Application'. It's about which way your dependencies point — and why that pays off the day the business grows.

Apr 2026Read