Imran Ahmed

.NET Developer building reliable backend, API & automation solutions. C# • ASP.NET Core • SQL Server • Playwright • Architecture • Performance.

Joined on Sep 10, 2026 jobs.imranahmed2@gmail.com

Imran Ahmed

Oct 7

When Your Background Job Retries Are Silently Stepping on Each Other

#backend #database #dotnet #softwareengineering

4 min read

Imran Ahmed

Oct 6

Why your idempotent POST endpoint is still creating duplicates under load

#api #architecture #backend #dotnet

4 min read

Imran Ahmed

Oct 6

The silent retry bug killing ASP.NET Core reliability (and how idempotency keys save you)

#architecture #backend #csharp #dotnet

3 min read

Imran Ahmed

Oct 5

Why My Background Job Processor Deadlocked Under Real Load (And How CancellationToken Saved It)

#backend #csharp #debugging #dotnet

2 min read

Imran Ahmed

Oct 4

When `Skip()` Lies: The Hidden Pagination Bug Killing Production APIs

#bug #database #dotnet #performance

3 min read

Imran Ahmed

Oct 3

Retry Storms: How a 502 Fix Created a Thousand Duplicate Orders

#architecture #backend #dotnet #systemdesign

3 min read

Imran Ahmed

Oct 2

"A second operation was started on this context" — the EF Core bug that only shows up under load

#csharp #database #debugging #dotnet

3 min read

Imran Ahmed

Oct 1

"How I Fixed a 30-Second Timeout in a High-Latency API Call (Without Throwing Away the Data)"

#api #backend #dotnet #performance

3 min read

Imran Ahmed

Sep 30

"Your background job isn't failing—it's quietly abandoning work during deploy"

#backend #csharp #debugging #dotnet

3 min read

Imran Ahmed

Sep 29

"How I Fixed a 300ms API Latency Spike—Without Touching the Database"

#backend #debugging #dotnet #performance

2 min read

Imran Ahmed

Sep 28

Designing an Idempotent Payment API in ASP.NET Core

#api #architecture #backend #dotnet

2 min read

Imran Ahmed

Sep 28

The Retry Storm Problem: Why Your ASP.NET Core API Needs Idempotency Keys

#api #architecture #backend #dotnet

3 min read

Imran Ahmed

Sep 28

The Retry Storm Problem: Why Your ASP.NET Core API Needs Idempotency Keys

#api #architecture #backend #dotnet

3 min read

Imran Ahmed

Sep 27

The Retry Storm Problem: Why Your ASP.NET Core API Needs Idempotency Keys

#api #architecture #backend #dotnet

3 min read

Imran Ahmed

Sep 26

The Retry Storm Problem: Why Your ASP.NET Core API Needs Idempotency Keys

#api #backend #dotnet

3 min read

Imran Ahmed

Sep 26

Racing Background Jobs: The Distributed Lock Gap in ASP.NET Core

#architecture #backend #dotnet

3 min read

Imran Ahmed

Sep 26

Why Your Playwright Tests Randomly Fail on CI and How to Fix It

#automation #cicd #debugging #testing

3 min read

Imran Ahmed

Sep 25

The CancellationToken That Never Propagated: A Subtle ASP.NET Core Timeout Bug I Missed in Code Review

#csharp #debugging #dotnet #performance

4 min read

Imran Ahmed

Sep 19

The CancellationToken That Never Propagated: A Subtle ASP.NET Core Timeout Bug I Missed in Code Review

#dotnet #csharp #webdev #programming

4 min read

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When Your Background Job Retries Are Silently Stepping on Each Other

Why your idempotent POST endpoint is still creating duplicates under load

The silent retry bug killing ASP.NET Core reliability (and how idempotency keys save you)

Why My Background Job Processor Deadlocked Under Real Load (And How CancellationToken Saved It)

When `Skip()` Lies: The Hidden Pagination Bug Killing Production APIs

Retry Storms: How a 502 Fix Created a Thousand Duplicate Orders

"A second operation was started on this context" — the EF Core bug that only shows up under load

"How I Fixed a 30-Second Timeout in a High-Latency API Call (Without Throwing Away the Data)"

"Your background job isn't failing—it's quietly abandoning work during deploy"

"How I Fixed a 300ms API Latency Spike—Without Touching the Database"

Designing an Idempotent Payment API in ASP.NET Core

The Retry Storm Problem: Why Your ASP.NET Core API Needs Idempotency Keys

The Retry Storm Problem: Why Your ASP.NET Core API Needs Idempotency Keys

The Retry Storm Problem: Why Your ASP.NET Core API Needs Idempotency Keys

The Retry Storm Problem: Why Your ASP.NET Core API Needs Idempotency Keys

Racing Background Jobs: The Distributed Lock Gap in ASP.NET Core

Why Your Playwright Tests Randomly Fail on CI and How to Fix It

The CancellationToken That Never Propagated: A Subtle ASP.NET Core Timeout Bug I Missed in Code Review

The CancellationToken That Never Propagated: A Subtle ASP.NET Core Timeout Bug I Missed in Code Review