Evaluating Open Source Dependencies

In the evolving world of open-source software (OSS), it's becoming more common for widely used packages to shift from free offerings to subscription-based models. For software teams, especially senior developers, team leads, and architects, this trend introduces new considerations when evaluating which libraries to adopt. As engineers, our primary responsibility is to balance these decisions … Continue reading Evaluating Open Source Dependencies →

Mediator: Sync and Async Commands

D20Tek Mediator supports both synchronous and async commands. In many cases, synchronous commands are plenty. But when working with data files, external service calls, and databases, it is best for performance throughput to build async WebApi handlers and async commands that process that data. To this point, we have mostly looked at synchronous ICommandHandlers. Here … Continue reading Mediator: Sync and Async Commands →

Introducing MinimalApi.DevView – .NET Toolkit for Minimal APIs

Minimal APIs in .NET make it easy to build lightweight web services with minimal ceremony, but during development, visibility into what your app is doing can be a challenge. That’s what MinimalApi.DevView helps you with. Today, I’m excited to announce the release of D20Tek.MinimalApi.DevView v1.0, a dev-time only diagnostics and discovery toolkit designed specifically for … Continue reading Introducing MinimalApi.DevView – .NET Toolkit for Minimal APIs →