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Jekyll2026-01-13T10:19:57+00:00https://renatogolia.com/feed.xmlIt’s all about techThe home page and blog of Renato Golia, CTO and Software Architect with strong experience with .NET and AWS.Renato GoliaImprove gRPC development by sharing protobuf contracts via NuGet packages2026-01-10T08:30:00+00:002026-01-10T08:30:00+00:00https://renatogolia.com/2026/01/10/grpc-services-share-protobuf-contracts-using-nugetRenato Golia

gRPC services and clients rely on protobuf contracts to align on the shape of requests and responses. NuGet can make sharing these contracts more convenient.

How to automatically register Minimal API endpoints in ASP.NET Core2025-08-07T08:30:00+00:002025-08-07T08:30:00+00:00https://renatogolia.com/2025/08/07/auto-register-aspnet-core-minimal-api-endpointsRenato Golia

Manual registration of Minimal API endpoints can clutter your ASP.NET Core apps. This article explores how to automate it for a cleaner setup.

Testing ASP.NET Core endpoints with fake JWT tokens and WebApplicationFactory2025-08-01T08:30:00+00:002025-08-01T08:30:00+00:00https://renatogolia.com/2025/08/01/testing-aspnet-core-endpoints-with-fake-jwt-tokens-and-webapplicationfactoryRenato Golia

Bypassing JWT validation in .NET integration tests with custom tokens and a test-only authentication setup.

Testing ASP.NET Core endpoints that use Entity Framework Core2024-08-14T09:07:13+00:002024-08-14T09:07:13+00:00https://renatogolia.com/2024/08/14/testing-aspnet-core-endpoints-using-ef-coreRenato Golia

Testcontainers and Respawn can make testing ASP.NET Core endpoints using Entity Framework Core easier and more reliable.

Reliably testing components that use Entity Framework Core2024-08-04T09:01:48+00:002024-08-04T09:01:48+00:00https://renatogolia.com/2024/08/04/reliably-testing-components-using-ef-coreRenato Golia

Reliably testing components using Entity Framework Core can be quite problematic. Targeting a real database comes with its own challenges. Let's solve that!

Leveraging generic attributes to get test-specific test data2023-11-29T08:00:00+00:002023-11-29T08:00:00+00:00https://renatogolia.com/2023/11/29/leveraging-generic-attributes-test-specific-customizations-autofixtureRenato Golia

Tailoring AutoFixture's customizations to the need of each test can cause a lot of code to be repeated. Let's avoid that by using generic attributes.

Developing secure .NET applications using IAM roles2023-02-15T08:30:00+00:002023-02-15T08:30:00+00:00https://renatogolia.com/2023/02/15/developing-secure-dotnet-application-using-iam-rolesRenato Golia

Learn how to use IAM roles to secure AWS applications in development with ASP.NET Core. Enhance security with limited permissions and IAM roles.

Create Lambda functions using the Annotation Framework2023-01-31T08:30:00+00:002023-01-31T08:30:00+00:00https://renatogolia.com/2023/01/31/create-lambda-function-with-annotation-frameworkRenato Golia

Let's take a look at the Annotation Framework being developed by AWS to streamline the development of Lambda functions in C#.

How to publish a NuGet package with CircleCI2022-12-23T08:30:00+00:002022-12-23T08:30:00+00:00https://renatogolia.com/2022/12/23/publish-nuget-package-with-circleciRenato Golia

A guide on how to set up a CI pipeline on CircleCI to build, test, pack and publish a package on NuGet and GitHub Packages.

Setup a Terraform backend on S3 with AWS CloudFormation and CDK2022-11-25T08:30:00+00:002022-11-25T08:30:00+00:00https://renatogolia.com/2022/11/25/setup-terraform-backend-on-s3-with-cdkRenato Golia

Terraform can use AWS S3 to store the state of each stack. We can use AWS CloudFormation and its CDK to setup the needed resources without giving up on IaC.