Articles by Ananya Desai

Build reproducible .NET applications with locked dependency graphs to control transitive packages, prevent unexpected dependency changes, and improve build integrity across environments.

Learn how to detect dependency confusion attacks in enterprise .NET builds by identifying malicious packages, namespace conflicts, NuGet risks, and software supply chain threats.

Benchmark .NET API compression for large request payloads and compare bandwidth savings, CPU usage, latency, throughput, and compression performance under realistic workloads.

Build an automated security patching workflow for .NET 8, 9, and 10 that detects framework updates, validates security fixes, and verifies applications in CI/CD.

Discover how Microsoft.Testing.Platform can help distinguish flaky tests from genuine regressions using test history, failure patterns, and CI pipeline diagnostics.

Learn how global test timeouts and maximum-failure controls in Microsoft.Testing.Platform can improve CI reliability and prevent stalled or excessive test runs.

Benchmark .NET 11 NativeAOT command-line applications against JIT deployments to compare startup time, memory consumption, execution performance, and deployment characteristics.

Measure Copilot cloud agent's true impact on software delivery by focusing on cycle time, review effort, defects, and rework, not just code speed.

Implement zero-trust for MCP tool authorization. Secure AI applications by enforcing granular permissions and least privilege.

Diagnose .NET 11 async regressions with a practical methodology: baseline, controlled benchmarks, concurrency testing, and detailed diagnostics.

Benchmark C# 15 union types with .NET 11 System.Text.Json for API contracts. Measure serialization, deserialization, payload size, and compatibility.

Benchmark C# 15 union types for API contracts: explore performance, serialization, boxing, and exhaustiveness for robust design.

Explore .NET 11's native JSON Lines support for efficient record-oriented data processing. Benchmark performance, memory, and streaming for large datasets.

Secure your .NET container supply chain with signed images. Learn how to build trust, verify authenticity, and enforce deployment policies.

Secure AI agents by rigorously testing permissions. Learn how to prevent unauthorized access, tool chaining, and prompt injection.

Secure AI coding agents with sandboxing: isolate execution, restrict resources, and control capabilities for safe code generation and tool usage.

Optimize GitHub Copilot code reviews with custom repository instructions. Tailor AI feedback to your team's standards for better consistency and quality.

Build resilient ASP.NET Core background services with self-healing capabilities. Learn patterns for automatic recovery from failures.

Implement AI request tracing in ASP.NET Core microservices with OpenTelemetry for end-to-end observability, diagnosing latency, and failures.

Design secure enterprise AI sandboxes for safe tool execution, controlling AI agent access to APIs, databases, and more.

Build AI governance dashboards with OpenTelemetry and .NET Aspire for transparent, cost-aware, and auditable enterprise AI execution.

Scale enterprise MCP with dynamic tool discovery. Optimize LLM prompts, enhance security, and improve accuracy by surfacing relevant tools.