30 Days of EF Core That Actually Scales

Learn how to scale your EF Core applications effectively over 30 days

This series explores the 30 Days of EF Core That Actually Scales, which provides practical guidance and best practices for building scalable applications using Entity Framework Core. Each day focuses on a specific aspect of EF Core, offering insights and techniques to improve performance and maintainability.

1
EF Core vs. Dapper: A Pragmatic Guide for Production Systems
Sep 1, 2025
2
DbContext Pooling in ASP.NET Core: Boost Performance Safely
Sep 2, 2025
3
Why Lazy Loading is a Performance Trap in ASP.NET Core
Sep 3, 2025
4
Code-First vs. Database-First—Which to Choose?
Sep 4, 2025
5
Why EF Core AutoInclude is a Performance Trap
Sep 5, 2025
6
Safely Log EF Core SQL Queries in Production
Sep 6, 2025
7
Fix Slow EF Core Queries with Database Indexing
Sep 7, 2025
8
5 EF Core Defaults to Change Before Production
Sep 8, 2025
9
How to Find and Fix N+1 Queries in EF Core
Sep 9, 2025
10
Fix Slow EF Core Queries with Projections
Sep 10, 2025
11
EF Core: LINQ vs. Raw SQL - A Surprising Benchmark
Sep 11, 2025
12
Stop Using Skip/Take for EF Core Pagination
Sep 12, 2025
13
5 EF Core Patterns for Faster ASP.NET Core APIs
Sep 13, 2025
14
One-to-One vs One-to-Many: Real-World Tradeoffs in EF Core Coming Soon
Sep 14, 2025
15
Soft Deletes in EF Core: Why Global Query Filters Matter for Data Integrity Coming Soon
Sep 15, 2025
16
EF Core Owned Types in SQL Server: When to Use Them (and When Not To) Coming Soon
Sep 16, 2025
17
TL;DR: My EF Core Entity Modeling Checklist Coming Soon
Sep 17, 2025
18
EF Core Tenant Isolation: Global Query Filters for Secure Multi-Tenant SaaS Coming Soon
Sep 18, 2025
19
Connection Per Tenant in EF Core: Design & Pitfalls for SQL Server Coming Soon
Sep 19, 2025
20
Handling Transactions in EF Core: SaveChanges vs Explicit Transactions Coming Soon
Sep 20, 2025
21
EF Core Concurrency Tokens: Preventing Lost Updates in SQL Server Coming Soon
Sep 21, 2025
22
RowVersion and Timestamps in EF Core: Practical Guide for SQL Server Coming Soon
Sep 22, 2025
23
Managing EF Core Migrations in Large Teams: Best Practices for SQL Server Coming Soon
Sep 23, 2025
24
Zero-Downtime Migrations in EF Core: Blue-Green and Rolling Deployment Strategies Coming Soon
Sep 24, 2025
25
EF Core Compiled Queries: When They’re Worth It in High-Throughput Apps Coming Soon
Sep 25, 2025
26
SQL Server Execution Plans: What EF Core Developers Should Actually Look At Coming Soon
Sep 26, 2025
27
Stored Procedures vs EF Core LINQ: When to Drop Down to SQL Coming Soon
Sep 27, 2025
28
Table Splitting in EF Core: When to Use It (and Why It Hurts Sometimes) Coming Soon
Sep 28, 2025
29
Inheritance Mapping in EF Core: TPH vs TPT vs TPC in SQL Server Coming Soon
Sep 29, 2025
30
Unit Testing with EF Core: How to Avoid the In-Memory Provider Trap Coming Soon
Sep 30, 2025