C# Performance Unleashed: 7 Advanced .NET Optimization Techniques That Actually Work

Unlock the final 7 days of high-performance C# engineering with this deep-dive into the techniques that separate sluggish apps from blazing-fast systems. Whether you’re building low-latency trading software, real-time analytics engines, or just want your API to return faster, this series delivers actionable strategies used in real-world production systems.

✔ Day 8 – Eliminate Activator.CreateInstance() and learn how IL.Emit boosted our startup speed by 300%
✔ Day 9 – Discover which file reader (File.ReadAllText, StreamReader, MemoryMappedFile) is fastest for huge data
✔ Day 10 – Tame the .NET Garbage Collector and learn when GC.TryStartNoGCRegion() actually helps
✔ Day 11 – Async vs Parallel: Which is better for I/O or CPU-bound workloads? Benchmarks included
✔ Day 12 – Visual Studio vs dotTrace vs PerfView: Which profiling tool finds your bottlenecks faster?
✔ Day 13 – EF Core 8 vs Dapper: 10 million records, one ultimate ORM performance showdown
✔ Day 14 – REST vs gRPC in .NET 8: HTTP/1.1 vs HTTP/2, and real-world performance trade-offs

This isn’t theoretical fluff—it’s performance tuning forged in fire. With code samples, benchmarks, and production-ready insights, this 7-day finale will equip you to write .NET code that’s not just functional, but fast, lean, and scalable.