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Architecture, .NET, cloud, AI, and graph databases — written from production, not theory.

Featured · June 15, 2026 · 7 min

How to Interview Junior Developers in the Age of AI

We're still interviewing juniors for 2015 — quizzing syntax AI now writes and banning the tools they'll use on day one. Here's what to test instead: problem-solving, business sense, tool fluency, and teamwork, with a scorecard you can steal.

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June 11, 2026 · 6 min

Vertical Slice Architecture in ASP.NET Core: Features as First-Class Citizens

Vertical Slice Architecture flips the organizational instinct of layered systems — instead of grouping code by technical concern, you group it by use case. Here's how to structure, share, test, and migrate to slices in a real ASP.NET Core codebase.

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February 6, 2026 · 9 min

From Graph Traversal to Semantic Discovery: Adding Vector Search and LLM Reasoning to Your ArangoDB .NET 10 API

In the previous article, I built a .NET 10 API […]

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January 30, 2026 · 4 min

Mastering Graph Traversal in ArangoDB: Building High-Performance Path Finding APIs with .NET 10

Learn how to build high-performance graph traversal APIs using ArangoDB and .NET 10. This guide covers BFS path finding with PRUNE optimization, network expansion patterns, and AQL query techniques for knowledge graphs.

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October 20, 2025 · 16 min