# Performance Improvements in .NET 11 by Stephen Toub

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Performance Improvements in .NET 11 by Stephen Toub and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Stephen Toub's detailed .NET performance deep dives are praised as rare, technical writing that is not AI-generated filler. One critic found the style full of AI-model phrasing.

## Why people recommend it

- Deep, technical, non-AI-slop performance writing (3 comments): "it is very rewarding to read something very technical that is not AI slop these days" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49714462)) "Performance deep dives with this kind of quality are rare." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49733926)) "deep technical articles like this one as much as I do" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49735857))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Performance Improvements in .NET 11 by Stephen Toub", https://hackerapproved.com/p/performance-improvements-in-net-11/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).