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Dapper On Steroids: SqlKata
Dapper is a lightweight, high-performance ORM for .NET. It is widely used because of its simplicity and speed. Dapper in its essence provides simple mapping to POCO and works with raw queries minimizing the overhead. On the other hand it lacks of flexibility in terms of query writing, because we need to write queries like static strings. One simple example is shown in the code snippet below. →
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Design Patterns: Builder
This is also, like a Singleton, one of the creational design patterns. It provides the way of creating complex objects step by step by simple chaining and every particular step is independent of other steps. →
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Make Git Log Great (Again): Merge vs Rebase
A well-maintained Git log is more than just a record of commits—it’s a story of your project’s growth, collaboration, and problem-solving. But as projects scale and teams grow, Git logs can become cluttered, making it harder to trace changes, understand context, or troubleshoot issues. →
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Book Reviews: Clean Code
Undoubtedly, one of the most popular books in software engineering, it teaches the fundamentals of software architecture, methods for organizing code, and is widely regarded as a must-read for any software developer. Written by Robert C. Martin, also known as “Uncle Bob,” the full title of the book is “Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship”. →
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Design Patterns: Singleton
Tyipically the first design pattern most people learn, often wrongly ☺ To give an introduction, we can say that singleton is one of the creational design patterns which ensures only one class instance with single point of access thru entire application. →