New, Simpler Solution File Format

For years, you’ve worked with Visual Studio’s solution file (*.SLN) format, and while it’s a core part of your project organization, we know the experience hasn’t always been smooth. Whether you’ve been modifying, maintaining, or trying to resolve merge conflicts, it’s often felt more like a hassle than it should be. We understand your frustrations, […]
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https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/new-simpler-solution-file-format/

OpenTelemetry in Microservice Architecture with .NET 9
What us OpenTelemetry and wht you need it?

OpenTelemetry is the CNCF's vendor-neutral observability framework that unifies metrics, traces, and logs in distributed systems.
.NET9 significantly improves OpenTelemetry support with built-in instrumentation, minimal configuration, and 35% reduced overhead compared to previous versions.

https://medium.com/@serkutyildirim/opentelemetry-usage-in-microservice-architecture-with-net-9-16c2e57df59c

Create containers in .NET without Dockerfile?

Here is how:

Containers become the easiest way to distribute and run applications and services in the cloud.

.NET app containerization could not be done without Dockerfile where multi-stage build steps.

But, starting from .NET 7, this process is simplified.

It strips down that pre-configuration by introducing built-in container support with the dotnet publish command.

Before running a command you need to add the Microsoft.NET.Build.Containers package that will infer some of the project properties like base image, version, image repository, etc.

For now, only Linux containers are supported.

Source: Pavle Davitković LinkedIn