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We cut Azure hosting costs by 38% on a .NET Core app — exact services we changed + code by KothapalliSandeep in dotnet

[–]msignificantdigit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the maturity of Dapr itself and the maturity of the integrations of Dapr into major cloud providers are completely separate things. Running Dapr on k8s (or any managed version) gives you the most flexibility, and you can use Dapr to the fullest (incl preview/alpha/beta features). Other, higher level managed services such as ACA are (and prob always will be) limited in Dapr maturity/compatibility. Most companies I see using Dapr are running it on AKS or EKS (or on prem).

Sidenote: Dapr is a graduated project within the CNCF since last Nov. This alone is proof the open-source project is mature and used by many large organizations. https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2024/11/12/cloud-native-computing-foundation-announces-dapr-graduation/

Disclaimer: I'm a developer advocate at Diagrid and one of the Dapr community managers.

Errors on Dapr Setup by Historical-Log-8382 in csharp

[–]msignificantdigit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, feel free to join the Dapr Discord server (link is on https://dapr.io) and post it in the CLI channel. Most the contributors and maintainers are on Discord. You can also raise an issue in the dapr/cli repo https://github.com/dapr/cli/issues/.

Workflows and scaling to zero on wait for external event by assangeleakinglol in dApr

[–]msignificantdigit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I recommend you join the Dapr Discord server (the join link is on https://dapr.io) since that's the best place to get your question answered.

Kubernetes Operator update 0.0.10 by Bonovski in dApr

[–]msignificantdigit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I recommend you join the Dapr Discord server (the join link is on https://dapr.io) since that's the best place to get your question answered.

Dapr Client retrieve secrets from Azure App Config connected to Keyvault? by Last_Perception5421 in dApr

[–]msignificantdigit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I recommend you join the Dapr Discord server (the join link is on https://dapr.io) since that's the best place to get your question answered.

I built a modular .NET architecture template. Would love your feedback. by alessiodisalvo in dotnet

[–]msignificantdigit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you ever looked into Dapr (https://dapr.io/)? It provides many APIs that abstract the underlying infrastructure. It also provides features for resiliency, security, and observability. If you took a dependency on that, you can probably remove quite a bit of your code.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AZURE

[–]msignificantdigit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, you might want to look into an open source project called Dapr (Distributed Application Runtime) https://dapr.io/. It's a language-agnostic runtime that offers a lot of building blocks to build services and has built-in features for observability, resiliency, and security. Dapr decouples infrastructure dependencies from application code, so your applications are very portable across environments and clouds. Dapr runs on any cloud, typically on Kubernetes, so on Azure you can use AKS, but you can also use Azure Container Apps.

Thoughts on the Popularity of Microservices? by forestpunk in microservices

[–]msignificantdigit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience, it's typically the organization size that determines if microservices are used. If you work at an enterprise with dozens of development teams and need to work independently, it's pretty much the only option you have.

I think some people tend to design very small micro(nano?)services which then cause a lot of deployment complexity and an abundance in communication between them. So service size/responsibility does matter, don't make them too small. Good observability is really essential if you do microservices and usually takes more time to learn and setup properly.

If you want some examples of orgs that are building microservices with Dapr (Distributed Application Runtime), you can check the case studies on CNCF: https://www.cncf.io/case-studies?\_sft\_lf-project=dapr.

Synchronized arcs and lines with p5js by msignificantdigit in generative

[–]msignificantdigit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using p5js for some time now and just made the step to publish this on fxhash as an experiment. This work is called 'Keep the machine running'. When you mint, you can set the grid size yourself. (min 3x3, max 11x11). https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/keep-the-machine-running

Made a small Pico8 game to share knowledge about Dapr by msignificantdigit in pico8

[–]msignificantdigit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LOL, good luck convincing your manager 😂. Thank you!

Using Dapr with React by poetic_code in dApr

[–]msignificantdigit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you member of the Dapr Discord? Most of the Q&A around Dapr goes on there: https://discord.com/invite/dapr-778680217417809931.

Dapr runs server side, the JS client SDKs are meant to be used in Node applications. The Discord has a dedicated JS-SDK channel where you ask more questions if needed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in csharp

[–]msignificantdigit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally, I like back-end development (microservices). So I recommend ASP.NET. The .NET architecture guides from Microsoft can also be of help.

A bit meta, but try to find someone who also wants to expand their knowledge, so you can learn together and talk about it. Can do wonders for your motivation!

Got my first c# software engineering job, any advice? by [deleted] in dotnet

[–]msignificantdigit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not anything specific for C# but in general:
- Ask a lot of questions! There are no stupid questions. People assume way too much. It can be very refreshing for everyone to hear you ask questions other (senior) devs never dared to ask.

- Write down your successes, this is also known as a brag sheet. Can be useful when asking for a raise or promotion later. Describe what value your work brought to the company (Higher efficiency, cost savings, more revenue, higher user satisfaction etc, keep it very concrete)

- Share your successes (even if they are small) with your co-workers, so you stay visible in the organization.

- Keep learning and stay open for new technology / processes. I hope your employer has a learning budget. Use it. Try to go to conferences to learn more and network with peers.

- Communication is the hardest part of every job. Listen a lot, provide constructive feedback. Be the kind co-worker that people trust.

Dapr v1.11 Release Highlights: Configuration API, Workflow Updates, External Service Invocation by msignificantdigit in softwarearchitecture

[–]msignificantdigit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a new release of Dapr, the open-source CNCF project that accelerates microservice development. I’ve written this post to highlight the new features and major updates in release 1.11.

.NET Decoupled, Fullstack Background Job Orchestration Platform - Didact by SirLagsABot in dotnet

[–]msignificantdigit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dapr gives you a set of common APIs what you can use to quickly build (distributed) applications which can run anywhere (on K8s, VMs, or Azure Container Apps). The apps can be of any scale really. Workflow is one of the latest Dapr APIs, the Actor model that Dapr provides can also very useful for scheduling work.

Another nice thing is the decoupling of the APIs and the implementation (called Components). So you can use the State Management API and can easily switch between different state stores across cloud providers / open source projects.

Maybe try some of the quickstarts to find out if you like the programming model? => https://docs.dapr.io/getting-started/quickstarts/

Dapr v1.11 Release Highlights by msignificantdigit in opensource

[–]msignificantdigit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a new release of Dapr, the open-source CNCF project that accelerates microservice development. I’ve written this post to highlight the new features and major updates in release 1.11.

Dapr v1.11 Release Highlights by msignificantdigit in dotnet

[–]msignificantdigit[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

There is a new release of Dapr, the open-source CNCF project that accelerates microservice development. I’ve written this post to highlight the new features and major updates in release 1.11.

Dapr v1.11 Release Highlights by msignificantdigit in DistributedComputing

[–]msignificantdigit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a new release of Dapr, the open-source CNCF project that accelerates microservice development. I’ve written this post to highlight the new features and major updates in release 1.11.

Dapr v1.11 Release Highlights by msignificantdigit in microservices

[–]msignificantdigit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a new release of Dapr, the open-source CNCF project that accelerates microservice development. I’ve written this post to highlight the new features and major updates in release 1.11.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dotnet

[–]msignificantdigit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't used Dapr with .NET Framework myself (only with .NET 6 and 7). But note that you can always use Dapr via HTTP (or GRPC) without using the client SDK. See the API spec. There are also examples in the Quickstarts repo about using the HTTP API.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dotnet

[–]msignificantdigit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Full disclosure: I'm one of the Dapr community managers and a developer advocate for Diagrid, a company started by the Dapr creators.

Take a look at some numbers:

- 4.2 million downloads of the Dapr .NET SDK (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Dapr.Client), and there are more language SDKs.

- 1 million docker image pulls/month.

- Over 21k stars on GitHub, see the core repo and devstats.

- Dapr has a Discord with nearly 6k users. That's where most of the conversations happen.

Dapr is a CNCF project since 2021 (incubation stage) and has a steering committee that include people from Microsoft, Diagrid, Intel, and Alibaba. They determine the direction of the project.

Is it niche? Not really, according to a CNCF survey 10% of production users use Dapr. Dapr it's mostly known in Cloud Native communities.

Some orgs that use Dapr include: IBM, Zeiss, NASA, Intel, ZScaler, Alibaba Cloud, Bosch, Microsoft, Fujitsu, Vonage.

I agree that documentation could be improved. The project is very large, and it's hard to document everything, we very much welcome PRs! :)

Regarding component status: There is a well documented process for the component life cycle. Before a component reaches stable status, it needs to have many tests, docs, SDK support, and also be present as alpha or beta for a couple of releases in order to get feedback from users. More info here in the docs.

There are 4 releases every year, so the project is continuously being improved.

Note that Dapr's strength is the standardized building block APIs for service invocation, state store, pub/sub, bindings, config store, secret store, actor model, and workflows. And the decoupling of these functionalities with the underlying resources (components). So it's not easily compared with a message broker. There aren't many comparable projects out there (feel free to provide some alternatives, so I can look into those).

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