Episode 011 - .NET Upgrades Done Right: Beyond “It Builds"

Upgrading your .NET applications isn’t just about getting the solution to compile successfully. In this episode of The Tech Vault with Mitchel Sellers, we take a deep dive into what a real .NET upgrade process should include to ensure your applications are modern, secure, maintainable, and taking advantage of the latest platform improvements. Too often, teams update package versions, fix a few breaking changes, and stop once the build turns green. But that approach can leave performance gains, security improvements, tooling updates, framework enhancements, and modernization opportunities completely untouched. In this episode, we cover: ✅ Evaluating framework and dependency compatibility ✅ Identifying hidden upgrade risks and breaking behaviors ✅ Updating libraries, SDKs, workloads, and tooling ✅ Reviewing authentication, hosting, and configuration changes ✅ Taking advantage of new .NET runtime and ASP.NET Core features ✅ Modernizing legacy patterns during upgrade cycles ✅ Testing, validation, and deployment considerations ✅ Why “it builds” is only the beginning Whether you are making a small .NET 9 to .NET 10 upgrade, or a larger transition, the tips here should help! 🔗 Learn more at: https://mitchelsellers.com https://iowacomputergurus.com 🎥 Subscribe for more .NET, Azure, Blazor, MAUI, architecture, and development insights from The Tech Vault with Mitchel Sellers. #dotnet #aspnetcore #blazor #softwaredevelopment #azure #dotnetupgrade #visualstudio #csharp

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Episode 011 - .NET Upgrades Done Right: Beyond “It Builds"

Upgrading your .NET applications isn’t just about getting the solution to compile successfully. In this episode of The Tech Vault with Mitchel Sellers, we take a deep dive into what a real .NET upgrade process should include to ensure your applications are modern, secure, maintainable, and taking advantage of the latest platform improvements. Too often, teams update package versions, fix a few breaking changes, and stop once the build turns green. But that approach can leave performance gains, security improvements, tooling updates, framework enhancements, and modernization opportunities completely untouched. In this episode, we cover: ✅ Evaluating framework and dependency compatibility ✅ Identifying hidden upgrade risks and breaking behaviors ✅ Updating libraries, SDKs, workloads, and tooling ✅ Reviewing authentication, hosting, and configuration changes ✅ Taking advantage of new .NET runtime and ASP.NET Core features ✅ Modernizing legacy patterns during upgrade cycles ✅ Testing, validation, and deployment considerations ✅ Why “it builds” is only the beginning Whether you are making a small .NET 9 to .NET 10 upgrade, or a larger transition, the tips here should help! 🔗 Learn more at: https://mitchelsellers.com https://iowacomputergurus.com 🎥 Subscribe for more .NET, Azure, Blazor, MAUI, architecture, and development insights from The Tech Vault with Mitchel Sellers. #dotnet #aspnetcore #blazor #softwaredevelopment #azure #dotnetupgrade #visualstudio #csharp

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Using Blazor Sections For Complex Situations

Blazor provides a number of helpful utilities to manage content and flows within your application, but at times you may encounter conflicts, especially when individual pages need to override items set at the Layout or even app level. A great example of this is SEO inclusions. Sections are your friend for this situation. Let's dive in!

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Using Blazor Sections For Complex Situations

Blazor provides a number of helpful utilities to manage content and flows within your application, but at times you may encounter conflicts, especially when individual pages need to override items set at the Layout or even app level. A great example of this is SEO inclusions. Sections are your friend for this situation. Let's dive in!

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GitHub Copilot Agent vs. GitHub Copilot Code Review

Agents are all the rage today, but what happens when we start using multiple agents together? Can we improve the overall accuracy of our results? Can we reduce the total time to develop a feature? Let's dig in and find out!

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Warsaw IT Days

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Episode 006 - Customer Horror Stories - The Lost Domain

Customer Horror Stories – The Lost Domain Tech Vault with Mitchel Sellers featuring special guest Laurie Barrett from The Social Bark Losing access to your own website domain… it sounds like something that should never happen. Yet, it’s one of the most terrifying — and surprisingly common — situations businesses face. In this episode of The Tech Vault, Mitchel Sellers is joined by Laurie Barrett, owner of The Social Bark, to explore shocking real-world domain mishaps. From expired registrations and vanishing DNS records to unauthorized ownership and digital hostage situations… these stories are ones every business leader should hear. 🎯 What you’ll learn: How critical your domain truly is to your business identity Real stories about how domains get lost — and the fallout Best practices to ensure YOU stay in control Steps to recover a lost domain and prevent future risk Whether your company is small or scaling fast, this episode will help you avoid becoming the next horror story. 🛠️ Stay informed. Stay secure. Stay in control. 🔗 Learn More & Connect IowaComputerGurus: www.iowacomputergurus.com Mitchel Sellers: www.mitchelsellers.com The Social Bark: www.thesocialbark.com #websitedomain #websitesetup #ownership #technology #digitalsecurity

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Episode 006 - Customer Horror Stories - The Lost Domain

Customer Horror Stories – The Lost Domain Tech Vault with Mitchel Sellers featuring special guest Laurie Barrett from The Social Bark Losing access to your own website domain… it sounds like something that should never happen. Yet, it’s one of the most terrifying — and surprisingly common — situations businesses face. In this episode of The Tech Vault, Mitchel Sellers is joined by Laurie Barrett, owner of The Social Bark, to explore shocking real-world domain mishaps. From expired registrations and vanishing DNS records to unauthorized ownership and digital hostage situations… these stories are ones every business leader should hear. 🎯 What you’ll learn: How critical your domain truly is to your business identity Real stories about how domains get lost — and the fallout Best practices to ensure YOU stay in control Steps to recover a lost domain and prevent future risk Whether your company is small or scaling fast, this episode will help you avoid becoming the next horror story. 🛠️ Stay informed. Stay secure. Stay in control. 🔗 Learn More & Connect IowaComputerGurus: www.iowacomputergurus.com Mitchel Sellers: www.mitchelsellers.com The Social Bark: www.thesocialbark.com #websitedomain #websitesetup #ownership #technology #digitalsecurity

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Arbitrary SQL, Migrations & Idempotent Scripting

I'm a huge fan of Entity Framework Migrations, using them for almost all client projects. In a given week, I will see dozens of changes deploy to production successfully across our portfolio of projects. However, there is always that "one task" that results in a failure and each time it happens it triggers an update to our internal training and review processes, and it has to do with repeatable scripting and the use of the "idempotent" flag. I thought I'd share our experiences with everyone, to help prevent issues for others.

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