Blog Posts
Hybrid Cloud .NET: Connecting On-Prem Systems to Azure with VNETs, Private Endpoints, and VPN/ExpressRoute
- Sudhir Mangla
- Azure , Cloud Architecture
- 03 Dec, 2025
1 The Hybrid Reality: Scenario Definition and Architecture Goals Most enterprises don’t live in a single environment anymore. They run a mix of legacy systems that can’t easily move to the cloud a
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Building Zoom at Scale: WebRTC, Selective Forwarding Units, and 50 Million Daily Meeting Participants in .NET
- Sudhir Mangla
- Practical Design , Real Time Systems
- 02 Dec, 2025
1 Architectural Foundations: Mesh vs. MCU vs. SFU Building a real-time video platform that supports 1,000-person meetings or tens of millions of daily participants forces you to confront architect
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Code Review Copilot for .NET Repos: Combining Roslyn Analyzers, GitHub, and Azure OpenAI
- Sudhir Mangla
- AI & Machine Learning , Generative AI
- 01 Dec, 2025
1 The Era of Hybrid Code Review: Beyond Static Analysis Software teams rely on pull requests to maintain code quality and consistency, but expectations around PR review have grown significantly. R
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Property-Based Testing in C#: Breaking Your Assumptions with FsCheck and xUnit
- Sudhir Mangla
- C# , Design Principles
- 30 Nov, 2025
1 The Paradigm Shift: From verifying Examples to Enforcing Laws Most teams rely heavily on example-based tests. They write a few “happy path” tests, add some edge cases they can think of, and assu
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Multi-Tenant Data Patterns on Azure for .NET SaaS: Shared Schema, Sharding, and Per-Tenant Databases
- Sudhir Mangla
- Azure , Software Architecture
- 30 Nov, 2025
1 Strategic Foundations: Defining the Isolation Spectrum Multi-tenant SaaS platforms on Azure face the same core challenge: how to keep each customer’s data isolated while still keeping infrastruc
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The Complete Guide to Database Sharding in .NET: From Theory to Production with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB
- Sudhir Mangla
- Database , .NET
- 29 Nov, 2025
1 The Case for Sharding: Limits of Vertical Scaling and Strategic Decisions Sharding becomes relevant when a single database can no longer keep up with real-world workload demands. At some point,
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Real-Time Recommendation Engines in .NET: Combining Collaborative Filtering, Deep Learning, and Vector Databases
- Sudhir Mangla
- Practical Design , AI & Machine Learning
- 26 Nov, 2025
1 The Modern Recommendation Landscape: Beyond Simple Filtering A recommendation engine must predict what a user is likely to want at the moment they need it. Early systems relied heavily on collab
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Mastering DynamoDB for .NET Architects: Single-Table Design, Patterns, and Pitfalls
- Sudhir Mangla
- AWS , Database
- 25 Nov, 2025
1 The Relational Detox: Shifting Mindsets for .NET Architects SQL-trained .NET developers often struggle when they first touch DynamoDB. The discomfort isn’t about syntax. It’s about architectu
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Production WebAssembly with Blazor: WASM Performance Optimization, AOT Compilation, and Offline-First PWAs
- Sudhir Mangla
- .NET , Performance Optimization
- 24 Nov, 2025
1 Architectural Foundations for High-Scale Blazor WebAssembly Blazor WebAssembly has matured significantly in .NET 8 and the .NET 9 releases. Many production applications now depend on it for rich
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Precision Matters: Handling Money, Time Zones, and Ranges Correctly in C#
- Sudhir Mangla
- C# , Design Principles
- 22 Nov, 2025
1 The Hidden Cost of Imprecision Precision issues in financial and time-based systems rarely appear as obvious failures. They show up as small inconsistencies—pennies lost in calculations, off-by-
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