Salah's blog

In the world of software development, performance is often the difference between success and failure. As an experienced developer, I faced a significant challenge when our C# application began to struggle under heavy load. After debugging and optimization, my team and I managed to give a good boost to the... [Read More]

If you’re like me tired of switching between your IDE and external tools like Postman to test your APIs? Visual Studio 2022 has a built-in solution that can revolutionize your development workflow direct HTTP request support. This feature allows you to craft and send HTTP requests right from your IDE,... [Read More]

I was recently asked to return an enum as a string instead of an int from an API call. At first, I considered how to override the framework’s behavior, but after some research, I found the solution was easier than I expected. The easiest way to resolve this is by... [Read More]

After years of experience working on diverse software projects, I’ve observed a concerning trend: developers often overuse exceptions for error handling. While exceptions have their place in certain situations, I believe that well-designed code should be capable of managing most scenarios without resorting to exceptions. In my view, truly clean... [Read More]