Blog
Mert Özen's blog posts on software development, backend, frontend, and DevOps.
Series
.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
Backend
PART 08
Span<T> and Memory<T> in C#: Allocation-Free Parsing, stackalloc and ref struct Rules
Copy-free slicing and allocation-free parsing with Span<T>, a measured allocation difference, stackalloc and its safe pattern, ref struct restrictions, and Memory<T> for async code.
7 Nov 2026
10 min
14
Backend
PART 12
Value Types and Reference Types in C#: Assignment, Copying and the Special Case of string
The difference between value types and reference types in C#: what gets copied on assignment and when passing to a method, why string behaves like a value type, what is right and what is missing in the stack and heap story, equality, boxing, and struct pitfalls in collections.
7 Nov 2026
9 min
8