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InfluxDB is a time-series database that is great for storing and querying time-based data. This post shows how to set it up with Docker and access it from a C# application.

By default, the Confluent Kafka client consumes one message at time, but with a bit of work it can consume batches of messages.

I usually want to run a task immediately, but there are times when I want to create a task, but not start it until later. This post will show you how to do defer execution of a task.

When sending a cancellation request to a method that returns a value, you must return a value or throw an exception. Here is how to throw the exception.

Here is an example of using a cancellation token to stop the execution of a method.

After you save an entity, you may want to send out a notification so other parts of your application can react to the change. This post shows how to do that with MediatR and Entity Framework Core.

See how to use AWS Step Functions to control the flow of a series of Lambda functions. In this example, the Lambda functions execute quickly, return a result, and trigger the next step.

.NET Lambda functions can be triggered when messages arrive in an SQS queue. There are a few steps to set this up, read on to see how.

Find/FindAsync is a popular way to retrieve a single entity using its primary key with Entity Framework, but by default Entity Framework tracks that entity for changes. This post shows how to turn off tracking for Find/FindAsync.

Here is a way to access objects just after they are saved by Entity Framework and have had a primary key assigned to them.