Cloud-NativeIntermediate
Azure Functions with .NET: Isolated Worker and Durable Functions
Build Azure Functions on .NET 10 with the isolated worker: triggers, bindings, Flex Consumption, DI, middleware, Durable Functions patterns and cold starts.
Cloud-Native
24 articles about Cloud-Native: in-depth .NET and AI guides, senior interview questions and AI news on DotNet AI Hub.
Technologies 10
Cloud-NativeIntermediate
Hosting .NET on Azure: App Service vs Container Apps vs AKS
Compare Azure App Service, Container Apps, AKS and Functions for .NET: scaling, cost, networking, Dapr, deployment slots and a clear decision matrix.
Cloud-NativeAdvanced
Dapr for .NET Developers: Building Blocks for Microservices
Learn Dapr for .NET: sidecar architecture, service invocation, pub/sub, state, actors, workflows, Aspire, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes.
Cloud-NativeIntermediate
Containerizing .NET Applications: Docker Best Practices
Build small, secure .NET 10 container images with multi-stage Dockerfiles, SDK container publishing, chiseled base images, non-root users and scanning.
Cloud-NativeIntermediate
.NET Aspire 13: Cloud-Native Orchestration for .NET
Learn .NET Aspire 13: the AppHost resource model, service defaults, dashboard, Redis and PostgreSQL integrations, testing and deploying with aspire deploy.
Cloud-NativeAdvanced
Running .NET on Kubernetes: A Production Guide
Run ASP.NET Core on Kubernetes in production: health probes, ConfigMaps, GC and CPU limits, graceful shutdown, HPA and KEDA autoscaling, AKS and Helm.
Cloud-NativeIntermediate
OpenTelemetry in .NET: Logs, Metrics and Distributed Tracing
Instrument .NET apps with OpenTelemetry: ActivitySource traces, Meter metrics, ILogger logs, OTLP export, sampling, propagation and backends.
Cloud-NativeAdvanced
Microsoft Orleans: Virtual Actors for Distributed .NET Apps
Build distributed .NET apps with Microsoft Orleans 10: grains, silos, clustering, persistence, reminders, streams, transactions and placement.
Cloud-NativeIntermediate
Resilience in .NET with Polly and Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience
Build resilient .NET HTTP clients with Polly v8 and Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience: retries, circuit breakers, timeouts, hedging and chaos testing.
Platform & RuntimeIntermediate
Background Services and Worker Processes in .NET
Build reliable .NET background services: BackgroundService vs IHostedService, graceful shutdown, PeriodicTimer, Channels queues, Windows Services and systemd.
Interview Questions 10
Cloud & DevOpsSenior
.NET Aspire and Cloud-Native Development Interview Questions
Ten senior-level interview questions on Aspire's AppHost model, service defaults, testing and deployment, and how it compares to Compose, Dapr and Tye.
Cloud & DevOpsArchitect
Azure Architecture Interview Questions for .NET Architects
In-depth Azure architecture interview questions for .NET architects: compute choices, Well-Architected pillars, landing zones, networking, identity and HA/DR.
Cloud & DevOpsSenior
Docker and Kubernetes Interview Questions for .NET Developers
Senior Docker and Kubernetes interview questions for .NET developers: image size, container-aware GC, probes, graceful shutdown, config and autoscaling.
Cloud & DevOpsSenior
Infrastructure as Code Interview Questions for Senior .NET Engineers
Ten senior-level interview questions on Bicep, Terraform and Pulumi covering state, modules, drift detection, policy as code and testing IaC.
Cloud & DevOpsArchitect
Scalability and Cloud Cost Optimization Interview Questions for .NET Architects
Ten architect-level interview questions on autoscaling signals, capacity planning, caching, FinOps, reservations and right-sizing .NET workloads.
Cloud & DevOpsSenior
Serverless and Azure Functions Interview Questions for .NET Developers
Senior Azure Functions interview questions: the isolated worker model, cold starts, Durable Functions, scaling limits, idempotency and Flex Consumption.
Distributed SystemsSenior
Actor Model Interview Questions: Orleans, Dapr and Akka.NET
Senior .NET interview questions on the actor model: Orleans virtual actors, turn-based execution, reentrancy, persistence, placement, Dapr and Akka.NET.
Distributed SystemsSenior
Messaging Patterns Interview Questions
Senior .NET interview questions on delivery semantics, idempotent consumers, the outbox and inbox patterns, ordering, poison messages and schema versioning.
Distributed SystemsSenior
Resilience Patterns Interview Questions
Senior .NET interview questions on retries, backoff and jitter, circuit breakers, bulkheads, hedging, fallbacks, retry storms, Polly v8 and Http.Resilience.
Distributed SystemsSenior
Service-to-Service Communication Interview Questions
Senior .NET interview questions on sync vs async calls, REST vs gRPC vs messaging, service discovery, service mesh, mTLS and cross-service latency budgets.
AI News 4
Anthropic Commits Over $100 Billion to AWS for Up to 5 GW of Compute
On April 20, 2026, Anthropic committed over $100 billion over ten years to AWS for up to 5 GW of compute, and Amazon agreed to invest up to $25 billion more.
Anthropic Launches Claude Managed Agents, a Hosted Runtime for AI Agents
Anthropic put Claude Managed Agents into public beta on April 8, 2026, a hosted agent runtime with sandboxes, long-running sessions and credential vaults.
Aspire 13.2 Adds an AI-Agent-Native CLI and TypeScript AppHosts
Aspire 13.2, released March 23, 2026, turned aspire mcp into aspire agent with skills for AI coding agents and previewed TypeScript AppHosts.
Anthropic Commits $50 Billion to Custom U.S. Data Centers With Fluidstack
Anthropic said on November 12, 2025 it will invest $50 billion in custom-built U.S. data centers with Fluidstack in Texas and New York, coming online in 2026.