Why Most .NET Developers Misuse Records — and What It’s Costing Them

posted Originally published at medium.com 1 min read

Most .NET devs are misusing records—and it's costing them more than they think. Memory overhead. Identity tracking bugs. EF Core confusion.

I broke it all down in my latest Medium post: Why Most .NET Developers Misuse Records and What It’s Costing Them Read here

Inside:

Why value equality isn't always the win you expect

How EF Core gets tripped up by records

Benchmark graphs showing real clone costs in hot loops

When to ditch the with expression and reach for a constructor

This one's for every architect, lead dev, and performance-obsessed coder who wants to use records right.

️ Read it. Share it. Argue with it. Let’s rethink how we use C# records.

If you read this far, tweet to the author to show them you care. Tweet a Thanks

Really appreciate the effort to shed light on .NET records misuse—this topic definitely needs more attention! It would be helpful if the article went a bit more in-depth on practical strategies for refactoring existing codebases to avoid these pitfalls. Have you encountered any common challenges teams face when making that shift?

More Posts

Ditch Your GUID Frustrations: Introducing ByteAether.Ulid v1.0.0 for .NET!

Joonatan Uusväli - Jul 9

ByteAether.Ulid v1.3.0: Enhanced ULID Generation Control and Security

Joonatan Uusväli - Jul 31

Why Developers Still Choose Python, Even If It’s “Slow”

Grenish Rai - Aug 15

Exploring Modern Web Development with Blazor: A Friendly Guide

Kenneth Okalang 1 - Mar 13

Modern Use OF Telnet with an example In dotnet,The Rise and Fall of Telnet: A Network Protocol's Journey

Moses Korir - Mar 12
chevron_left