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Mert Özen's blog posts on software development, backend, frontend, and DevOps.

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.NET Core Web API 36 Angular 31 JavaScript Basics 19 JavaScript Intermediate 18 JavaScript Advanced 16 TypeScript Basics 14 TypeScript Intermediate 14 TypeScript Advanced 12 Entity Framework Core 28 Dapper 16 Git & GitHub 29 Web Security (OWASP Top 10) 21 LLM Fundamentals 20 C# Fundamentals 20 Object-Oriented Programming in C# 16 C# Collections and Generics 11 LINQ 17 Asynchronous Programming in C# 17 Advanced C# 14 C# Versions 6 Solution Patterns 22 SOLID and Design Principles 12 Clean Code 13 Design Patterns 23 UML and Modeling 18 Introduction to Software Architecture 9 Clean, Onion and Hexagonal Architecture 8 Vertical Slice Architecture 6 Domain-Driven Design 12 CQRS and Event Sourcing 10 Messaging and Event-Driven Architecture 9 Modular Monolith 2 Microservices 10 UI Architecture Patterns 9 Architecture Decisions 7 System Design 15 Distributed Systems Fundamentals 11 Background Jobs and Scheduled Jobs 11 Working with Message Queues 14 Logging in .NET 10 Caching 10 Real-time Applications 9 ASP.NET Core MVC and Razor Pages 13 CI/CD Fundamentals 8 GitHub Actions 16 Jenkins 12 Web Servers and Hosting 12 Deployment Strategies 9 Kubernetes 19 Authentication and Authorization 18

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Security PART 03

Rate Limiting in Depth: Algorithms, Partition Keys, Chained Limiters and Multiple Instances

ASP.NET Core rate limiters live in process memory: two instances double the limit, and behind a proxy without the real IP everyone lands in one partition. We compare fixed window, sliding window and token bucket under the same traffic, then show queue order, partition keys, CreateChained, 429 instead of the default 503 with Retry-After, the shared-policy trap and a per-user-name login limit with real output.

8 Nov 2026 12 min 4

Artificial Intelligence PART 20

The Evolution of LLM APIs: From Completions to Tool Calling, Structured Outputs and MCP

The evolution of LLM APIs with verified dates, from the first text-continuing API to the chat format, from function calling to JSON mode and structured outputs, from reasoning parameters to the Model Context Protocol and agents. We see which example in the series each step maps to, and at the end of the series we build a bridge to the next AI series.

6 Nov 2026 7 min 19