War Stories from .NET Team

Dive into a captivating conference talk that unveils intriguing war stories from the .NET team's decade-long journey. Explore deep investigations spanning years, dormant bugs awakening after a decade, and surprising root causes. Learn how the team tackled problems with minimal information and discover the shocking real-world impact of certain bugs. Gain insights into root-causing hardware issues, mastering the art of minimal reproduction, and navigating the delicate balance between innovation and compatibility. Through various case studies, including finance bugs, networking challenges, and HTTP pipelining issues, uncover valuable lessons in software development and problem-solving that can be applied to your own projects.

Intro
First serious investigation
Call stack
Heap dumps
Hardware issues
Metadata
Breaking changes
Finance bug
Networking
HTTP Pipelining
Timeouts
Pipelining
Buffer lifetime management
Why so many customers
Lesson learned
Feedback