Practice

Pull requests that get good reviews

The quality of a code review depends a lot on the pull request. Small, focused changes with a clear description get faster and better reviews, and a template makes that the default.

Replace legacy systems one route at a time

Big-bang rewrites of legacy apps tend to run late and launch with surprises. The strangler fig pattern moves functionality to the new system piece by piece, with a working system at every step.

Upgrading from .NET 8 to .NET 10

.NET 8 support ends in November 2026, and .NET 10 is the next long-term support release. Here's a checklist for moving production services without surprises.

Write down your architecture decisions

Six months from now, nobody will remember why you chose Service Bus over Event Grid. An architecture decision record takes ten minutes to write and answers that question for good.