Articles by Ananya Desai

Learn how to use Go workspaces and go.work files to develop, test, and manage dependencies across multiple local Go modules.

Learn how to identify, profile, and reduce mutex contention in Go applications while preserving safe concurrent access to shared data.

Learn how to use Docker Buildx to build and publish multi-platform container images for AMD64 and ARM64, and understand image manifests, builders, and common deployment issues.

Learn how to test npm packages before release by inspecting package contents, installing local archives, using distribution tags, and promoting verified versions.

Learn how to migrate GitHub branch protection rules to rulesets by mapping existing policies, configuring targets and enforcement, testing changes, and avoiding workflow disruption.

Learn how to pin GitHub Actions to reviewed commit SHAs, replace movable tags, and maintain a safer workflow update and review process.

Learn how to interpret GitHub security scan results in pull requests, validate AI-assisted findings, trace risks, and decide which vulnerabilities must be fixed before merging.

Learn how to review AI-generated pull requests for business logic, security, performance, testing, and unintended changes before merging to production.

Build a semantic search service in Go using text embeddings, cosine similarity, and vector retrieval. Learn document indexing, chunking, embedding models, and production considerations.

Learn how to run a GGUF language model locally on Windows with llama.cpp and call its OpenAI-style HTTP API from a C# application.

Learn how to connect a C# console application to a custom model endpoint using the GitHub Copilot SDK, including provider configuration, authentication, sessions, and security.

Learn how to design auditable AI agent workflows in C# and .NET using structured audit events, authorization records, correlation IDs, and durable audit storage.

Learn how to evaluate NuGet packages before adding them to a .NET project by checking metadata, framework compatibility, dependencies, licenses, and known vulnerabilities.

Build and deploy a Node.js Express app on Heroku that serves a static website and a backend API from one application.

Learn how to verify the PHP version used by your application, check its support status and patch level, and review known vulnerabilities before planning an upgrade.

Learn how to inspect OpenTelemetry Java agent settings, configuration precedence, service names, exporters, and environment variables to troubleshoot missing or unexpected traces.

Learn how to prevent duplicate POST operations in ASP.NET Core Web APIs with idempotency keys, request hashing, stored responses, and database uniqueness constraints.

Learn how to scale ASP.NET Core SignalR across multiple servers using a Redis backplane or Azure SignalR Service, including load balancing and sticky-session considerations.

Learn how to run managed background tasks in ASP.NET Core using BackgroundService, hosted services, and Channel-based queues without blocking API requests.

Learn how to run managed background tasks in ASP.NET Core using BackgroundService, hosted services, and Channel-based queues without blocking API requests.

Learn how to use CancellationToken in ASP.NET Core to stop unnecessary work when requests are aborted, including cancellation in EF Core queries and HttpClient calls.