.NET Aspire Blog Posts
.NET Aspire Integrations (SQL Server Integration in Aspire Applications)
In this chapter, you'll learn how to integrate SQL Server into your .NET Aspire applications with minimal configuration and maximum flexibility.
.NET Aspire Service Discovery
In this chapter, we are enabling dynamic connectivity between microservices without hard-coded endpoints using .NET Aspire Service Discovery.
Duende Software Blog
This post will examine OpenTelemetry, its use within Duende IdentityServer, and how to surface all necessary telemetry signals in the .NET Aspire Dashboard. Combining these powerful technologies gives you a world-class development experience that helps you rationalize and implement solutions correctly.
.NET Aspire - with Maddy Montaquila
In this episode, I was honoured to be joined by Maddy Montaquila to chat about the amazing .NET Aspire! We covered a lot of stuff in this episode - from what Aspire is, and its features - to various stories about the decisions made and the future plans for Aspire. We also took a few tangents, chatting about AI and vibe coding! It was such a fun conversation!
Intent vs. Mechanics: The Power of Abstraction in Aspire
One of the most powerful ideas in software is abstraction — hiding implementation details so you can focus on intent. But getting abstraction right is an art. Too low, and you’re buried in boilerplate. Too high, and it becomes magic you can’t control. Aspire helps you express intent — the what — while deferring or adapting the how depending on where your app runs. That distinction matters more than you might think.
Why should I use .NET Aspire?
Let me answer this here – What do you get out of .NET Aspire without the deployment aspect. This article explores what needs to be done to add .NET Aspire functionality to existing applications without the built-in Visual Studio feature – adding it step by step which shows the same application can be deployed to an existing environment.
Hello .NET Aspire: Breaking down the key features
.NET Aspire is the latest framework from Microsoft in the .NET ecosystem, adding to ASP.NET, Blazor, Entity Framework, MAUI, etc. Released in 2023, it was designed specifically for cloud-native and distributed applications and acts as an orchestrator for the entire application stack. In this post, I will provide some background on Aspire and overview of its key features.
Observability with the Aspire Dashboard
We will learn how to monitor service health, track dependencies, view logs, and visualize metrics in real-time all from a unified observability dashboard designed for modern distributed systems.
🔥 Top 10 Things Every .NET Developer Should Do in 2025
As the .NET ecosystem continues to evolve, so should our approach to architecture, tooling, and mindset. The practices that worked five years ago may now be holding us back. Here’s a curated list of 10 key things .NET developers should focus on in 2025 to stay effective, efficient, and future-ready.
Intrepid Developer
If you’re building cloud-native applications and want a clean, structured way to model and orchestrate your system, with observability and scalability in mind, Aspire is absolutely worth a try.
