Software Architecture

TL;DR Code reviews should teach, not just catch bugs. Stop nitpicking syntax and start building autonomous developers. Focus on architectural patterns, ask guiding questions instead of giving orders, and eliminate multi-team approval bottlenecks that delay delivery. Good reviews create learning opportunities that scale your team’s expertise. Code reviews shouldn’t be about catching syntax errors or enforcing personal preferences. They’re your best tool for spreading architectural knowledge and building stronger development teams. But most teams get this wrong, creating bureaucratic bottlenecks instead of learning opportunities. ...

A senior developer’s perspective on writing less code, focusing on architecture, mentorship, and team productivity.

In multi-tenant SaaS applications, custom middleware gives you the earliest hook in the request pipeline, even before dependency injection kicks in. Middleware runs at the very beginning of your pipeline, providing access to raw request data before any transformations occur.

Async/await is powerful but overused. This guide breaks down async misconceptions, shows real enterprise use cases, and gives you a practical decision framework for async in C#.