‘Always Encrypted’ is the ability to perform SQL operations (there are restrictions) on your data as it were normal (non encrypted), while keeping them encrypted all the time. 

Increased productivity.
Improved quality and quantity of work.
Better time management.
Strengthened focus and motivation.
The ability to stay fresh throughout the work day. 

Performance counters are really important for monitoring and troubleshooting problems with your .NET applications. The full .NET Framework provides a wide array of performance counters that are very useful for troubleshooting application problems. 

Design patterns are solutions to recurring problems; guidelines on how to tackle certain problems I have included implementations of some design patterns in C# to help beginners like me get their feet wet. 

// crate a surface
var info = new SKImageInfo(256, 256);
using var surface = SKSurface.Create(info);
// the the canvas and properties
var canvas = surface.Canvas;

// make sure the canvas is blank
canvas.Clear(SKColors.White);

// draw some text
using var typeface = SKTypeface.FromFamilyName("Tahoma");
using var paint = new SKPaint
    {
      Color = SKColors.Black,
      IsAntialias = true,
      Style = SKPaintStyle.Fill,
      TextAlign = SKTextAlign.Center,
      TextSize = 24,
      Typeface = typeface,
    };
var coord = new SKPoint(info.Width / 2, (info.Height + paint.TextSize) / 2);
canvas.DrawText("آزمایش", coord, paint);

// save the file
using var image = surface.Snapshot();
using var data = image.Encode(SKEncodedImageFormat.Png, 100);
using var stream = File.OpenWrite("farsi-text-1.png");
data.SaveTo(stream);

<ItemGroup>
   <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.88.3" />
</ItemGroup>

<ItemGroup>
   <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp" Version="2.88.3" />
   <PackageReference Include="SkiaSharp.HarfBuzz" Version="2.88.3" />
</ItemGroup>

// crate a surface
var info = new SKImageInfo(256, 256);
using var surface = SKSurface.Create(info);
// the the canvas and properties
var canvas = surface.Canvas;

// make sure the canvas is blank
canvas.Clear(SKColors.White);

// draw some text
using var typeface = SKTypeface.FromFamilyName("Tahoma");
using var shaper = new SKShaper(typeface);
using var paint = new SKPaint
  {
      Color = SKColors.Black,
      IsAntialias = true,
      Style = SKPaintStyle.Fill,
      TextAlign = SKTextAlign.Center,
      TextSize = 24,
      Typeface = typeface,
  };
var coord = new SKPoint(info.Width / 2, (info.Height + paint.TextSize) / 2);
canvas.DrawShapedText(shaper, "آزمایش", coord, paint);

// save the file
using var image = surface.Snapshot();
using var data = image.Encode(SKEncodedImageFormat.Png, 100);
using var stream = File.OpenWrite("farsi-text-2.png");
data.SaveTo(stream);

"tools": {
    "BundlerMinifier.Core": "2.1.258"
},

No executable found matching command "dotnet-bundle"
Version for package `BundlerMinifier.Core` could not be resolved.

[
    {
        "outputFileName": "wwwroot/css/site.min.css",
        "inputFiles": [
            "wwwroot/css/site.css"
        ]
    },
    {
        "outputFileName": "wwwroot/js/site.min.js",
        "inputFiles": [
            "bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js",
            "bower_components/jquery-validation/dist/jquery.validate.min.js",
            "bower_components/jquery-validation-unobtrusive/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js"
        ],
        "minify": {
            "enabled": true,
            "renameLocals": true
        },
        "sourceMap": false
    }
]

"scripts": {
    "precompile": [
        "dotnet bundle"
    ],
    "prepublish": [
        "bower install"
    ],
    "postpublish": [ "dotnet publish-iis --publish-folder %publish:OutputPath% --framework %publish:FullTargetFramework%" ]
}

 <script src="~/js/site.min.js" asp-append-version="true" type="text/javascript"></script>

Rider 2021.3: Support for .NET 6 SDK, Redesigned Main Toolbar and Debug Tab, and New Problems View Tab 

These two are similar in some ways but are worlds apart in their approach to solving problems