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2026-07-24 comparison csharp dotnet

.Result vs .Wait() vs GetAwaiter().GetResult() vs await in C#: which should you use?

await is the right answer almost every time. When you truly must block, GetAwaiter().GetResult() beats .Result and .Wait() because it throws the original exception. A decision matrix for .NET 11 and C# 14.

2026-07-24 aspnetcore dotnet-11 signalr

SignalR clients can finally cancel a running hub method in .NET 11 Preview 6

Cancelling the CancellationToken you pass to InvokeAsync now reaches the server and cancels the hub method. This closes a SignalR request open since 2019.

2026-07-23 comparison csharp dotnet

Typed results (Results<>) vs IResult vs IActionResult in ASP.NET Core 11

In ASP.NET Core 11, return Results<T1, TN> with TypedResults for minimal APIs and ActionResult<T> for controllers. Treat bare IResult and bare IActionResult as escape hatches: they compile for any response but describe nothing to OpenAPI, so you pay for them in hand-written ProducesResponseType attributes.

2026-07-23 comparison aspnetcore dotnet-11

WebApplication.CreateBuilder vs CreateSlimBuilder vs CreateEmptyBuilder in ASP.NET Core 11

Use CreateBuilder for a normal app, CreateSlimBuilder when you publish trimmed or Native AOT behind a TLS proxy, and CreateEmptyBuilder only when you want to register every service yourself. Here is the feature matrix and the gotchas that force the call.

2026-07-22 comparison complex-types owned-entities

Complex types vs owned entities in EF Core 11: which should you pick?

On EF Core 11, default to complex types for value objects and drop to owned entities only when you need a separate table or a collection mapped to its own rows.

2026-07-22 comparison aspnetcore dotnet-11

Output caching vs response caching in ASP.NET Core 11: which should you use?

Output caching is the right default for almost every server-side app in ASP.NET Core 11. Response caching only wins when your goal is to steer browser and proxy caches through HTTP headers. Here is the decision, with a feature matrix and the gotchas that force the call.

2026-07-22 comparison ef-core ef-core-11

TPH vs TPT vs TPC inheritance mapping in EF Core 11: which should you pick?

On EF Core 11, default to TPH for almost every hierarchy, reach for TPC only when you mostly query one leaf type and a benchmark proves it wins, and use TPT only when an external constraint forces you to.

2026-07-21 errors csharp csharp-14

Fix: CS4014 "Because this call is not awaited, execution of the current method continues" in C#

CS4014 means you called a Task-returning method without awaiting it. Add await, or discard with _ = if fire-and-forget is truly intended, and handle exceptions.

2026-07-21 errors csharp dotnet

Fix: System.InvalidOperationException: Sequence contains no elements

This exception means you called .First() or .Single() on an empty sequence. Use FirstOrDefault/SingleOrDefault and null-check, or guard the query, or fix why the source is empty.

2026-07-21 csharp dotnet-11 system-text-json

System.Text.Json Learns to Serialize C# Union Types in .NET 11 Preview 6

How System.Text.Json in .NET 11 Preview 6 serializes the new C# union types by writing the active case, and the JsonUnionAttribute and type-classifier APIs that handle ambiguous cases.