Cloud & DevOps

API versioning vs application versioning

Separates deployable artifact identity from client-facing contract compatibility, allowing frequent releases without unnecessary API-version churn.

AppHost vs ServiceDefaults responsibilities in .NET Aspire

Separates application composition in AppHost from reusable in-process defaults for telemetry, health, resilience, and service discovery.

Branch strategy for releases and hotfixes

Designs a pragmatic branching strategy for normal releases, hotfixes, and production traceability.

Build a production container image for a .NET API

Builds a small, immutable, non-root .NET runtime image with controlled inputs, external configuration, graceful lifecycle behavior, and a practical patching strategy.

Build artifact vs deployment package

Compares build artifacts and deployment packages in a .NET release pipeline.

Choose rolling, blue-green, or canary deployment

Chooses a deployment strategy from capacity, compatibility, risk, observability, and rollback needs, then defines progressive promotion and abort signals.

Cloud & DevOps

CI/CD, source control, deployment, release management, and production operations.

A focused DevOps track covering Git workflow, CI/CD pipelines, containers, infrastructure as code, deployment safety, progressive delivery, supply-chain security, disaster recovery, release management, observability, and operational ownership.