Most of us rely on the same small set of tools in our day-to-day .NET development. But when production issues arise, performance degrades, or edge cases appear, knowing a few lesser-used features can feel like magic.

In this session, we’ll explore ten practical and often overlooked .NET and EF Core features that can dramatically improve debugging, performance insight, and architectural clarity. Topics include compiler directives, EF Core global query filters (and their gotchas), inspecting generated SQL, surfacing query parameters, and other tools that become invaluable when systems grow in complexity.

You may not use these features every day — but when you need them, you’ll look like a wizard for knowing they exist.