Milan Jovanović articles - 143 total
Building a Custom Domain Events Dispatcher in .NET
Domain events are a powerful way to decouple parts of your system. Instead of tightly coupling your...
CQRS Pattern the Way It Should've Been From the Start
MediatR is going commercial. Jimmy Bogard recently announcedthat MediatR will adopt a commercial...
From Anemic Models to Behavior-Driven Models: A Practical DDD Refactor in C#
If you've ever worked with a legacy C# codebase, you know the pain of an anemic domain model. You...
Event-Driven Architecture in .NET with RabbitMQ
Event-driven architecture (EDA) can make applications more flexible and reliable. Instead of one part...
Refactoring Overgrown Bounded Contexts in Modular Monoliths
When you're building a modular monolith, it's easy to let bounded contexts grow too large over time....
Understanding Microservices: Core Concepts and Benefits
I've been revisiting Sam Newman's excellent book "Monolith to Microservices" recently, and it's...
What is Vector Search? A Concise Guide
Vector search is changing how we find information. Unlike old search methods that look for exact...
MediatR and MassTransit Going Commerical: What This Means For You
Big changes are happening in the .NET ecosystem. Three powerhouse libraries - MediatR, AutoMapper,...
How .NET Aspire Simplifies Service Discovery
Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that .NET Aspire is changing (for the better) how we...
Options Pattern Validation in ASP.NET Core With FluentValidation
If you've worked with the Options Pattern in ASP.NET Core, you're likely familiar with the built-in...
Streamlining .NET 9 Deployment With GitHub Actions and Azure
I remember the days of deploying .NET applications by hand: publishing locally, copying files to...
Better Request Tracing with User Context in ASP.NET Core
When building web applications, knowing what's happening behind the scenes is crucial. In ASP.NET...
Introduction to Dapr for .NET Developers
Building distributed systems has never been more important—or more challenging. As .NET developers,...
Building a Better MediatR Publisher With Channels (and why you shouldn't)
I've been meaning to write this article for a while now. This problem has been bugging me, and I...
Understanding Cursor Pagination and Why It's So Fast (Deep Dive)
Pagination is crucial for efficiently handling large datasets. While offset pagination is widely used...
Stop Conflating CQRS and MediatR
"We need to implement CQRS? Great, let me install MediatR." If you've heard this in your development...
Overriding Default HTTP Resilience Handlers in .NET
Introducing .NET 8 resilience packagesbuilt on top of Pollyhas made it much easier to build robust...
Implementing AES Encryption With C#
A single exposed API key or database password can compromise your entire infrastructure. Yet many...
Scaling Monoliths: A Practical Guide for Growing Systems
Monoliths get a bad rap in our industry. We're told they're legacy, that they don't scale, and that...
Working with LLMs in .NET using Microsoft.Extensions.AI
I've been experimenting with different approaches to integrating LLMs into .NET apps, and I want to...
Unit Testing Clean Architecture Use Cases
Writing tests is a crucial part of my daily work. Over the years, I've learned that good tests can...
What Rewriting a 40-Year-Old Project Taught Me About Software Development
"Your task is to rewrite this system. It powers our entire operation. Oh, and it's written in...
Scheduling Background Jobs With Quartz in .NET (advanced concepts)
Most ASP.NET Core applications need to handle background processing - from sending reminder emails to...
Internal vs. Public APIs in Modular Monoliths
Every article about modular monoliths tells you to use public APIs between modules. But they rarely...
Central Package Management in .NET - Simplify NuGet Dependencies
I remember the days when managing NuGet packages across multiple projects was a real pain. You know...
Implementing the Saga Pattern With MassTransit
Long-running business processes often involve multiple services working together. Think about an...
Building Async APIs in ASP.NET Core - The Right Way
Most APIs follow a simple pattern. The client sends a request. The server does some work. The server...
HybridCache in ASP.NET Core - New Caching Library
Caching is essential for building fast, scalable applications. ASP.NET Core has traditionally offered...
Functional Programming in C#: The Practical Parts
Functional programming patterns can feel academic and abstract. Terms like "monads" and "functors"...
Clean Architecture: The Missing Chapter
I see the same mistake happen over and over again. Developers discover Clean Architecture, get...