Michael Kopt6d ago

Part 16 of Modernizing .NET is out! 🛡️

Today we’re ditching the obsolete BinaryFormatter in favor of the fast and secure protobuf-net.

🚀 7x faster 📉 3x smaller ✅ Fully safe for modern .NET

https://medium.com/@michael.kopt/%EF%B8%8F-modernizing-net-part-16-replacing-binaryformatter-with-protobuf-net-for-speed-and-security-f5cc5db8055a
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🛡️ Modernizing .NET — Part 16: Replacing BinaryFormatter with protobuf-net for Speed and Security

Learn how to eliminate the risks of BinaryFormatter by migrating to protobuf-net. Boost performance by 7x and reduce size by 3x.

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Michael KoptMar 10

🗂️ New: Modernizing .NET – Part 15
JSON fails with circular objects. Protobuf-net can’t fix recursive graphs.
Here’s a custom ASP.NET Core Session Store that can.

Read → https://medium.com/@michael.kopt/%EF%B8%8F-custom-session-store-for-complex-objects-in-asp-net-core-1349b680ce12
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🗂️ Custom Session Store for Complex Objects in ASP.NET Core

ASP.NET Core’s default session fails with complex objects. This post shows how to store them safely in memory.

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Michael KoptMar 3

🧩 New: Modernizing .NET – Part 14
WebHost still works, but WebApplication is better.
Here’s how to migrate your ASP.NET Core app to the modern hosting model.

Read → https://medium.com/@michael.kopt/modernizing-net-part-14-migrating-from-webhost-to-webapplication-in-asp-net-core-612a7a8e1b88
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🧩 Modernizing .NET — Part 14: Migrating from WebHost to WebApplication in ASP.NET Core

WebHost was common in early ASP.NET Core apps. This post shows how to migrate to the modern WebApplication model.

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Michael KoptFeb 17

🧵 New: Modernizing .NET – Part 12
Use HttpClientFactory in legacy background threads with the SharedContext pattern.
Thread‑safe, DI‑friendly, minimal refactoring.

📖 Read → https://medium.com/@michael.kopt/19c66938fedf
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🪢Modernizing .NET — Part 12: Managing Dependency Injection in Background Threads with SharedContext

Legacy background threads don’t support DI — this post introduces the SharedContext pattern to bridge the gap

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Michael KoptFeb 10

📡 New post: Modernizing .NET – Part 11
Migrate from WebClient and RestSharp to HttpClientFactory.
Full code, DI setup, and performance boost.

Read → https://medium.com/@michael.kopt/c3a74091ef19
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📡 Modernizing .NET — Part 11 Migrating WebClient and RestSharp to HttpClientFactory

This post gives a production‑ready migration path for replacing WebClient and RestSharp with HttpClient backed by IHttpClientFactory. It…

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Michael KoptFeb 3
📊 New post: Modernizing .NET – Part 10
Replace OleDB with ExcelDataReader in .NET Core.
Setup, formatting, exporting, performance tips — all covered.
Read → https://medium.com/@michael.kopt/modernizing-net-part-10-replacing-oledb-excel-reading-with-exceldatareader-a2cdae1e2cb8
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📊 Modernizing .NET — Part 10: Replacing OleDB Excel Reading with ExcelDataReader

Legacy .NET apps rely on OleDB to read Excel files — but it doesn’t work in .NET Core. This guide shows how to migrate to ExcelDataReader

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Michael KoptJan 27
🦊 New post: Modernizing .NET – Part 9
SAML SSO migration to ITfoxtec in .NET Core.
Config, response handling, logging — all covered.
Read it → https://medium.com/@michael.kopt/modernizing-net-part-9-migrating-saml-sso-to-itfoxtec-44133b003702
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Brandon H  Jan 13

via @dotnet : .NET and .NET Framework January 2026 servicing releases updates

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.NET and .NET Framework January 2026 servicing releases updates - .NET Blog

A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for January 2026.

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Michael KoptJan 13
🧼 New post: Modernizing .NET – Part 7
.NET Core dropped Web References—here’s how to rebuild SOAP clients with dotnet-svcutil + typed wrappers.
🔗 https://medium.com/@michael.kopt/540dcc8352be
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Michael KoptDec 18
✅ New post in my Modernizing .NET series: Validators in CoreWCF — how to bring back pre‑deserialization SOAP validation using AssertValidator + ParameterInspector.
🔗 https://medium.com/@michael.kopt/50c0eb2f2feb
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