If you cannot patch instantly, use WAF. Azure Front Door: Rule set newly updated to block JNDI strings. Azure Firewall: IDPS signatures updated.
Read more →Log4Shell Explained (CVE-2021-44228)
The internet is on fire. A vulnerability in `log4j` allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) via a simple text string. The Exploit If your server logs this string (e.g., in a User-Agent header), it connects to the LDAP server, downloads a Java class, and executes it. Patch Immediately.
Read more →Blazor in .NET 6: Dynamic Components
Blazor now supports rendering components dynamically by type. This is crucial for building CMS-like systems or dashboard widgets where the component to render depends on database configuration. Previously, this required complex Reflection or RenderTreeBuilder logic.
Read more →Azure Container Apps is GA
Azure Container Apps has moved extremely fast from preview to near-GA quality. It is now the default recommendation for microservices on Azure unless you specifically need raw Kubernetes control. The pricing model is idle-friendly. You pay for vCPU seconds. If your app scales to zero (thanks to KEDA), you pay nothing. This makes it viable […]
Read more →Top 5 Features of Entity Framework Core 6
EF Core 6 launched with .NET 6. Here are my favorite parts: Temporal Tables: Native support for SQL Server temporal tables. Query data “AS OF” a specific time. Migration Bundles: Compile your migrations into a standalone executable. `ef bundle`. This makes DevOps pipeline deployment significantly safer (no SDK required on the deployment agent). Faster Query […]
Read more →C# 10: Validating Arguments with CallerArgumentExpression
Validating arguments just got cleaner. C# 10 introduces `[CallerArgumentExpression]`. This allows a method to capture the text of the expression passed to it. Microsoft used this to build the new `ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(name)` helper in .NET 6.
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