Khaled Ramadan

15/04/2026

Dotnet Skills 🙂

Repository for skills to assist AI coding agents with .NET and C # - dotnet/skills

11/08/2025

🚀 Unlock Secure Authentication in Your C # Apps with Keycloak! 🔐 Struggling with user authentication and access management? Say goodbye to headaches and hello to Keycloak — the open-source identity solution trusted by thousands! In my latest article, I break down: ✅ What Keycloak is & why i...

11/08/2025

🐺 Work Behavior Pattern: The Lone Wolf You’ve met them. Brilliant. Fast. Relentless. Give them a task and they’ll deliver something amazing — in record time. But there’s a catch… They work alone. Always. ❌ They skip updates. ❌ They avoid meetings. ❌ They sometimes build features n...

05/08/2025

💡 Why We Chose Modular Monolithic Architecture (and Why You Should Too)
After decades in software engineering and architecture, I’ve explored every pattern in the book. But one approach continues to strike the perfect balance for fast-moving, domain-driven teams: the Modular Monolith.
I’ve published a detailed article that:
👉 Explains what modular monoliths are and why they matter
👉 Shows how Qabilah.com leveraged it to scale without the microservice overhead
👉 Provides best practices, diagrams, and real-world lessons for architects and tech leads
If you’ve ever wondered how to keep your systems modular without drowning in microservices complexity, this is a must-read.
📌 Check it out here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/modular-monolithic-architecture-practice-best-lessons-khaled-ibrahim-2tixf/
👇 Share your thoughts or drop questions—I’d love to discuss your experiences with modular monoliths!

Introduction Imagine a monolith that behaves like microservices—no infrastructure chaos, yet scalable, maintainable, and developer-friendly. That’s the Modular Monolith.

01/08/2025

☠️ "Hackers Stole $427K From Us... Until We Fought Back"

NEW blog reveals how we:
✓ Killed duplicate payments dead
✓ Buried DDoS attacks for good
✓ Made fraudsters cry

Secret weapons:
⚔️ FastEndpoints validation
💣 Azure WAF geo-blocking
🔑 Self-destructing API keys

Spoiler: Your "good enough" API security isn't.

👉 Arm your code: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/your-api-leaking-12myear-heres-how-plug-holes-15-minutes-ibrahim-erdyf/

Defensive API Design: Where FastEndpoints Meets Cyber-Warfare ☠️ "It Was Just a POST Endpoint..

31/07/2025

🚀 Microsoft Azure just got a POWER UP!

We cracked the code:
⚡ .NET APIs running 89,000 requests/sec
❄️ Cold starts SLASHED from 1.4s → 38ms
💸 62% lower cloud bills

How? The unholy alliance of:
✅ .NET Aspire
✅ FastEndpoints
✅ Azure Container Apps

Spoiler: It involves ditching Kubernetes overkill & 25-year-old MVC habits 😉

👉 Grab the open-source starter kit & full tutorial:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/net-aspire-your-microservices-just-went-from-toy-project-ibrahim-r4btf/?trackingId=1WbvtjmVO84b3YnTVZ5%2Few%3D%3D

Tag a dev who’s tired of slow APIs!

⚡ The Cold Start Nightmare Is Over Remember 2022? When your serverless functions took 1.5 seconds to wake up? When scaling felt like wrestling a sleepy bear? I’ve been there.

30/07/2025

Master these 3 C # superpowers for cleaner, more efficient code!

Unlock the full potential of Action, Func, and Predicate – the built-in generic delegates that simplify everything from void methods to complex conditional logic.

Whether you're performing an action, calculating a value, or evaluating a condition, these workhorses streamline your C # applications. Stop reinventing the wheel and leverage the compiler's power for robust and readable solutions.

Ever wish your code could be a bit more..

31/05/2025

Don't know where to start designing the software architecture for your new project? 🛠️

This is the biggest challenge facing every developer and software engineer!

Anyone who wants to choose the right software architecture for their project and ensure it is:
✅ Scalable in the future without disasters
✅ Organized and easy to maintain
✅ Compatible with the project's exact needs

These are the practical step those will help you make the right choice 👇

1. Understand the project thoroughly
• What type of system is it? (Web, mobile, etc.)
• How many users are expected?
• What are the key features?
• Are there any special performance requirements? (processing speed, response time)

2. Define constraints
• Your team: Their expertise in the technologies?
• Time: Is there pressure?
• Budget: Your available resources?
• Technologies: Are certain technologies required?

3. Choose the appropriate style
• Monolithic: For simple small/medium projects
• Microservices: For large, scalable systems
• Event-Driven: For event-driven systems
• Layered: For structured architecture (web/apps)
• Serverless: To reduce costs and server management

4. Test before you commit
• Perform a Proof of Concept (POC)
• Test the riskiest part
• Evaluate: Performance, complexity, flexibility

5. Think straight ahead from day one
• How will you add new features?
• How will you handle user growth?
• Does the design allow for separation of services?
• Is the data sharded?

💬 Share with me in the comments: What was the biggest challenge you faced when choosing an architecture for your project?




For more information you can check this website, it is straightforward and recommended
https://bytebytego.com/guides/software-architecture/

24/05/2025

🚀 Unlock AI’s Full Potential: The Workflow Hierarchy You NEED to Know! 🚀

Want to scale smarter, not harder? Break down your processes with these AI-powered workflows! 💡

👇 From Manual to MAGIC: The AI Evolution 👇

👤 Traditional Human Work

Everyday tasks, done manually. Essential but limited in scale.

🔁 RPA (Robotic Process Automation)

Automate repetitive tasks. Add AI, and watch efficiency explode!

⚙️ Concrete Action = Prompt + AI Tool

“Generate a script/image/video.” → Done. Instant results at your fingertips.

👥 Human in the Loop

Guide AI like a maestro! Refine outputs, solve problems, and stay in control.

🧠 AI Intelligent Workflows

AI handles multi-step tasks autonomously. Data moves, transforms, and delivers—no babysitting!

🤖 Agentic & Multi-Agent AI

Your virtual dream team. Define the goal, and AI agents collaborate to execute it. Boom.

07/05/2025

This a post i saw on LinkedIn and preferred to share with you

How to select which Design Pattern to use?
Choosing the correct design pattern in software engineering is critical to practical problem-solving.
This post will simplify the process, helping you decide between patterns based on specific needs.
To select a pattern, we must first go through the problem identification. If the problem is related to:
× Object Creation?-> Creational Patterns
× Object Assembly? -> Structural Patterns
× Object Interactions?-> Behavioral Patterns
Reference: Grokking Design Patterns for Engineers and Managers https://lnkd.in/gHYiMuEh
1. Singleton: Ensures only one instance exists.
2. Factory Method: Delegates object instantiation to subclasses 3. Abstract Factory: Creates related object families without specifying their concrete classes.
4. Prototype: Clones objects for a prototypical instance.
5. Builder: Constructs complex objects step by step.
6. Adapter: Bridges incompatible interfaces.
7. Bridge: Separates abstraction from implementation.
8. Composite: Treats single and composite objects uniformly.
9. Decorator: Adds behaviors to objects dynamically.
10. Facade: Simplifies complex system interfaces.
11. Flyweight: Shares objects to reduce memory.
12. Proxy: Controls object access 13. Observer: Notifies changes to multiple objects.
14. Strategy: Encapsulates interchangeable algorithms.
15. Command: Encapsulates a request as an object.
16. State: Changes object behavior with internal state.
17. Visitor: Adds operations to object structures without modifying them.
18. Memento: Captures and restores object states externally. 19. lterator: Sequentially accesses elements of a collection,
20. Mediator: Centralizes complex communications.
21. Chain of Responsibility: Passes requests along a chain of handlers, 22. Template Method: Defines the skeleton of an algorithm.