Eliminating N+1 queries in EF Core — what I found in production
A real N+1 in production, what it cost, and the fix that did not require rewriting the query layer.
Upgrading SQL Server Express to Enterprise on a live production server
What I learned migrating a production SQL Server from Express to Enterprise without taking the system offline.
How I deployed ASP.NET Core to IIS with SSL from scratch
A real-work walkthrough of setting up HTTPS, app pools, and SQL permissions on a production IIS box.