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Retries Can Make Outages Worse: Building Resilient ASP.NET Core APIs with Polly

Sudhir Mangla
Software architecture,Concurrency control
20 Oct, 2026

1 Introduction: The Hidden Dangers of Blind Retries in Distributed Systems A checkout API calls inventory. Inventory slows down, so checkout retries. The retry joins the same queue as the origin

EF Core Performance Optimization: Fixing N+1 Queries, Slow SQL, and Memory Problems

1 Introduction to Enterprise EF Core Performance & Architecture An order-history endpoint passes functional tests, then struggles when a large customer opens it. The database receives dozens of

Unit and Integration Testing with Claude Code & Codex: .NET Core, Angular/React, and SQL Server

1 Architectural Strategy & AI Agent Workflows for Legacy Test Automation Adding unit and integration tests to a mature .NET, Angular/React, and SQL Server application is rarely a simple test-gen

Evaluate Accuracy-Latency Trade-offs & Configuration Decisions | CCAR-P Exam Guide | CCAR-P Domain 3

Evaluate Accuracy–Latency Trade-offs and Justify Configuration Decisions Claude Certified Architect – Professional (CCAR-P) Domain 3: Integration — 19% The CCAR-P blueprint explicitly

Analyze Authentication & Authorization Security Gaps | CCAR-P Exam Guide | CCAR-P Domain 3

Analyze Authentication and Authorization Requirements to Identify Security Gaps Claude Certified Architect – Professional (CCAR-P) Domain 3: Integration — 19% Authentication and autho

Evaluate Tool & Agent Configuration for Capability Bloat | CCAR-P Exam Guide | CCAR-P Domain 3

Evaluate Tool/Agent Configuration for Capability Bloat Claude Certified Architect – Professional (CCAR-P) Exam Guide Domain 3: Integration — 19%Exam objective: Evaluate tool/a

Implement Prompt Reuse Strategies: Caching, Modular Prompts & Skills | CCAR-P Exam Guide | CCAR-P Domain 2

Sudhir Mangla
Claude Certification,Prompting & Context Engineering
17 Aug, 2026

Implement Prompt Reuse Strategies: Caching, Modular Prompts & Skills CCAR-P Exam Guide — Domain 2: Claude Models, Prompting & Context Engineering Exam: Claude Certified Architect – Prof

Optimize Claude Context Windows & Token Usage | CCAR-P Exam Guide | CCAR-P Domain 2

Sudhir Mangla
Claude Certification,Prompting & Context Engineering
17 Aug, 2026

Optimize Context Windows and Manage Token Usage Claude Certified Architect – Professional (CCAR-P) Exam Guide Domain 2: Claude Models, Prompting & Context Engineering — 13% **Target ob

Apply Prompt Engineering Techniques: Zero-Shot, Few-Shot & Chain-of-Thought | CCAR-P Exam Guide | CCAR-P Domain 2

Sudhir Mangla
Claude Certification,Prompting & Context Engineering
17 Aug, 2026

Apply Prompt Engineering Techniques: Zero-Shot, Few-Shot & Chain-of-Thought CCAR-P Exam Guide — Domain 2: Claude Models, Prompting & Context Engineering Exam: Claude Certified Architect

Design System Prompts, Templates & Guardrails | CCAR-P Exam Guide | CCAR-P Domain 2

Sudhir Mangla
Claude Certification,Prompting & Context Engineering
17 Aug, 2026

Design System Prompts, Templates, and Guardrails CCAR-P Exam Guide — Domain 2: Claude Models, Prompting & Context Engineering Exam: Claude Certified Architect – Professional **Exam Cod