Claude Opus 4.8 for .NET Developers Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8, and the headline is easy to understand. It is the stronger Opus model. Better coding. Better agentic work. Better long-context behaviour. Better judgement. MoreMay 30, 2026·12 min read
Communicating Between Modules in a Modular MonolithWhy Developers Get This Wrong Most engineers learning modular monoliths fall into two traps. The first group collapses boundaries by sharing DbContexts, repositories, and entities across modules. The Mar 12, 2026·10 min read·242
Enforcing Architecture in .NETMost software systems do not fail because developers cannot write code. They fail because you cannot control how that code evolves over time. Architecture starts clear, clean, and well-structured. SixFeb 22, 2026·9 min read·95
Designing Local LLMs on Azure for Security, Reliability, and ControlIn a previous post, I looked at what it really means to run LLMs locally from the perspective of a .NET developer. We explored why teams still care about local models despite the raw capability gap with GPT-5, how privacy, cost, latency, and complian...Jan 31, 2026·13 min read·126
Defending Against Confused Deputy Attacks in AzureMost .NET developers working in Azure feel confident about identity. You use Entra ID, validate JWTs, and lean on Managed Identity instead of secrets. On paper, that is the right direction. Authentication is in place, access keys are gone, and the pl...Jan 25, 2026·7 min read·57
Part 10. Migrating a Legacy Layered .NET Application to a Modular MonolithMost Development Teams do not wake up one morning with the freedom to design a modular monolith from scratch. They inherit something. A system that grew organically. A codebase that made sense at the time. Controllers, services, repositories, a share...Jan 22, 2026·5 min read·144
Part 9. Operational Concerns in Modular MonolithsThere’s a point in every system’s life where architecture stops being something you reason about and starts being something you experience. It usually arrives during an incident, when logs are noisy, alerts are firing, and someone asks a deceptively ...Jan 22, 2026·4 min read·36
