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Being an Onboarding Buddy Without Becoming the Only Help Source

Be a useful onboarding buddy by clarifying your role, connecting new engineers with expertise, arranging backups, and helping them seek support confidently.

Nov 5, 202610 minute read

Designing C# Event Contracts: Payloads, Notifications, and Decisions

C#event contracts EventArgs notifications delegates

Understand C# event contracts with practical payload and decision examples, explicit notification timing, no-subscriber defaults, and failure boundaries.

Nov 4, 202610 minute read

Connect an Existing C# MCP Server to Claude Code

Claude Code C#.NET MCP Model Context Protocol

Connect an existing C# MCP server to Claude Code using stdio or HTTP, then understand configuration scope, tool discovery, authorization, and failure evidence.

Nov 4, 202610 minute read

Polymorphism in C#: What Runs Through Base and Interface References?

C#polymorphism virtual override interfaces method dispatch

Understand polymorphism in C# by tracing base and interface calls, comparing virtual overrides with new hiding, and reading explicit implementations clearly.

Nov 3, 20269 minute read