ArchitectureAdvanced
Microservices Architecture with .NET
Microservices architecture with .NET: service boundaries, data ownership, gRPC and messaging, gateways, sagas, outbox, OpenTelemetry, Aspire and eShop.
Microservices
23 articles about Microservices: in-depth .NET and AI guides, senior interview questions and AI news on DotNet AI Hub.
Technologies 7
ArchitectureIntermediate
Modular Monoliths in .NET: Structure, Boundaries and Evolution
Build a modular monolith in .NET: module boundaries, per-module schemas, in-process messaging and NetArchTest or ArchUnitNET rules that hold as it grows.
ASP.NET CoreIntermediate
gRPC in .NET: High-Performance Service Communication
Build fast gRPC services in .NET with Protobuf contracts, streaming, client factory, interceptors, deadlines, gRPC-Web, JSON transcoding and load balancing.
ASP.NET CoreAdvanced
YARP: Build Reverse Proxies and API Gateways in .NET
Build reverse proxies and API gateways with YARP, covering routes, clusters, transforms, load balancing, health checks, session affinity and the BFF pattern.
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
.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
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.
Interview Questions 16
ArchitectureArchitect
Clean, Onion and Hexagonal Architecture Interview Questions
Architect-level interview questions on Clean, Onion and Hexagonal Architecture covering the dependency rule, ports and adapters and vertical slices.
ArchitectureArchitect
Domain-Driven Design Interview Questions
Architect-level Domain-Driven Design interview questions on bounded contexts, aggregate sizing, domain events, anti-corruption layers and EF Core.
ArchitectureArchitect
Modular Monolith vs Microservices Interview Questions
Architect-level questions on modular monoliths vs microservices: decision criteria, Conway's Law, the distributed monolith smell and migration paths.
ASP.NET CoreArchitect
API Gateway and Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) Interview Questions
Architect interview questions on API gateway responsibilities, YARP vs Azure API Management, BFF token security, aggregation and avoiding a gateway monolith.
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 & DevOpsLead
Testing Strategy Interview Questions for Senior .NET Engineers
Ten lead-level interview questions on test pyramids, contract testing, Testcontainers, flaky tests, load testing and mutation testing in .NET.
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 SystemsArchitect
CAP, Consistency Models and Idempotency Interview Questions
Architect-level interview questions on CAP, PACELC, eventual consistency, read-your-writes, idempotency keys, clock ordering and conflict resolution in .NET.
Distributed SystemsArchitect
Event-Driven Architecture Interview Questions
Architect-level interview questions on events vs commands, Kafka partitions and consumer groups, schema registries, Azure messaging services and event storming.
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 SystemsArchitect
Microservices Design Interview Questions for .NET Architects
Architect-level .NET interview questions on service boundaries, data ownership, API contracts, shared libraries, service templates and independent deployability.
Distributed SystemsSenior
Observability and Distributed Tracing Interview Questions
Senior and architect .NET interview questions on OpenTelemetry, W3C trace context propagation, sampling strategies, structured logging, SLOs and alerting.
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 SystemsArchitect
Saga Pattern and Distributed Transactions Interview Questions
Architect .NET interview questions on choreography vs orchestration sagas, compensation design, saga state and MassTransit, NServiceBus and Durable Functions.
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.
System DesignArchitect
System Design Interview: E-Commerce Order Management in .NET
Senior .NET system design interview questions on e-commerce systems covering cart, inventory reservation, order sagas, catalog search and flash sales.