Minimal APIs in Production

Taking .NET Minimal APIs from a single-file demo to a maintainable, secured, observable production service.

2 parts · about 5 minutes end to end · updated July 10, 2026

Minimal APIs are fast to start and easy to get wrong at scale. This series covers the decisions that matter once a Minimal API leaves the tutorial: project structure, authentication, validation, error handling, and observability.

Read it in order

  1. 1
    Structuring a .NET Minimal API Project That Survives Growth

    Program.cs stops scaling around twenty endpoints. Here is a vertical-slice layout for Minimal APIs that keeps routing, validation and handlers organised.

    June 28, 2026 · 3 min read

  2. 2
    How to Secure a .NET Minimal API with JWT Bearer Authentication

    A working JWT bearer auth setup for ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs — token validation, role policies, and the config mistakes that silently disable security.

    July 10, 2026 · 4 min read

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