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Roundup #45: AWS Secrets Manager, Microservices, ASP.NET Core Architect, WCF vs gRPC

Here are the things that caught my eye this week in .NET.  I’d love to hear what you found most interesting this week.  Let me know in the comments or on Twitter. AWS Secrets Manager client-side caching in .NET AWS Secrets Manager now has a client-side caching library for.NET that makes it easier to access secrets from .NET applications. This is in addition to client-side caching libraries for Java, JDBC, Python, and Go. These libraries help you improve availability, reduce latency, and reduce the cost of retrieving your secrets. Secrets Manager cache library does this by serving secrets out of a local cache and eliminating frequent… Read More »Roundup #45: AWS Secrets Manager, Microservices, ASP.NET Core Architect, WCF vs gRPC

Context is King: Finding Service Boundaries through Language

I’ve found that one of the most important ways to find service boundaries is through the dialog you have with various end users in different parts of the system we are working on. Really focusing in on the words they use can be instrumental in finding service boundaries. This blog post is in a series. To catch up check out these other posts: Context is King: Finding Service Boundaries Language Autonomous Services Focus on Service Capabilities, not Entities 4+1 Architectural View Model Taken out of Context If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which… Read More »Context is King: Finding Service Boundaries through Language

Roundup #44: Porting Desktop Apps to .NET Core, .NET Core 3 Progress, GC Pressure, WCF vs gRPC

Here are the things that caught my eye this week in .NET.  I’d love to hear what you found most interesting this week.  Let me know in the comments or on Twitter. Porting desktop apps to .NET Core Since I’ve been working with the community on porting desktop applications from .NET Framework to .NET Core, I’ve noticed that there are two camps of folks: some want a very simple and short list of instructions to get their apps ported to .NET Core while others prefer a more principled approach with more background information. Instead of writing up a “Swiss Army… Read More »Roundup #44: Porting Desktop Apps to .NET Core, .NET Core 3 Progress, GC Pressure, WCF vs gRPC