Nidhi Sharma's contributions

Learn how to safely test Python 3.16 Alpha in an isolated virtual environment, install dependencies, run tests, and identify compatibility issues without affecting existing projects.

Learn how to identify source, binary, and behavioral breaking changes before upgrading a .NET application to .NET 11 using documentation, dependency checks, builds, and targeted tests.

Learn how to identify slow MSBuild targets using reproducible builds, diagnostic logging, timing summaries, and clean versus incremental build comparisons.

Learn how to identify breaking changes before upgrading to .NET 11 by reviewing dependencies, compiler diagnostics, compatibility checks, tests, and deployment environments.

Learn how to use MSBuild performance summaries and binary logs to identify slow targets and tasks in .NET builds.

Learn how to test ML-KEM key encapsulation and decapsulation in .NET 11, including shared-secret verification, key import, invalid-input handling, and cross-platform support.

Learn how to read CBOR data incrementally in .NET 11 with CborReader, handle partial input safely, preserve parsing state, and continue when more data arrives.

Learn how to use SQL Server Row-Level Security to isolate customer data with security policies, filter predicates, and session context in an ASP.NET Core application.

Learn why SQL Server escalates locks, how escalation can cause blocking, and how to identify blocking sessions and lock waits using DMVs.

Learn to import large CSV files into SQL Server with BULK INSERT, configure loading options, use staging tables, and compare BULK INSERT with bcp and SqlBulkCopy.

Learn how to identify slow MongoDB queries with explain(), interpret COLLSCAN and IXSCAN, and create effective indexes to improve query performance.

Learn how to make SQL Server schema changes without downtime using compatible deployments, staged data migration, and the expand-and-contract pattern.

Learn how to import large CSV files into SQL Server with BULK INSERT, staging tables, TABLOCK, and index considerations for faster bulk data loads.

Learn how to generate an SBOM for a Docker image with Syft, scan it for known vulnerabilities using Grype, and add security checks to a CI pipeline.

Learn how to implement the Transactional Outbox Pattern in ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core to reliably save business data and publish events without losing messages.

Learn how to measure Apache Kafka consumer lag, investigate why consumers fall behind, and identify processing, partition, and downstream bottlenecks.

Learn how to measure and investigate Apache Kafka consumer lag, identify common causes of growing backlogs, and improve consumer throughput safely.

Generate SBOMs for Docker container images with Syft, scan images and SBOMs for known vulnerabilities using Grype, and integrate the checks into GitHub Actions.

Learn how to implement the transactional outbox pattern in .NET with Entity Framework Core to reliably save business data and publish events without lost messages.