makarchie Tech

Hello and welcome to my tech blog! I’m archie, a Backend Software Engineer working with Go and .NET.

C# That Looks Like Go: Building a Web API Without a .csproj

I built a full layered CRUD web API as a single file-based C# app. No project files, no XML. The result publishes to a 30 MB native binary, feels a lot like shipping a Go service, and uncovers exactly one rough edge.

Jobby v1.0.0 Released: A High-Performance .NET Background Jobs Library

Jobby v1.0.0 adds multi-queues, grouped sequential execution, and more flexible recurring jobs. Here is why I think it is a promising option in the .NET background jobs space.

How to Use OpenRouter API in ASP.NET Core Web API

Step-by-step guide to integrating OpenRouter API into an ASP.NET Core Web API project using the official OpenAI NuGet package.