Category Data Handling & Performance

When I first started using EF Core in real projects, performance was not something I worried about too much. Most examples online worked fine, the database was small, and the business requirements were still simple. I honestly thought performance tuning…

When I first started using Entity Framework Core, I had this feeling that everything was almost magical. I write some LINQ, hit Run, and boom, data comes back. At the beginning, that felt amazing. But later, when projects became bigger…

When I first started using Entity Framework Core seriously, I thought transactions were something “already handled by the database”. I remember thinking, why should I worry about transactions when SQL Server already knows how to keep data safe? That mindset…

I always tell people that EF Core is one of those tools that looks very simple in the beginning. You do a few queries, call ToList, and everything feels fine. Then the business side comes in and suddenly you are…

If you have been working with EF Core for a while, you probably stumbled on something called tracking and no tracking queries. When I first encountered these, I honestly did not pay much attention. I thought EF Core was smart…