Building ASP.NET Core Kestrel

Explore the inner workings of ASP.NET Core's high-performance web server, Kestrel, in this insightful conference talk by ASP.NET team members Damian Edwards and Jon Galloway. Discover the challenges and solutions behind building a cross-platform web server that achieves speeds over 20 times faster than its predecessor. Delve into topics such as garbage collection, memory management, string handling, and the use of libuv for asynchronous, multithreaded network operations. Learn about optimization techniques, including known string handling, ASCII headers, and memory casting, as the speakers demonstrate how Kestrel's architecture and algorithms contribute to its impressive performance in TechPower benchmarks. Gain valuable insights into the development of fast, efficient web servers in .NET and understand the technical decisions that make Kestrel a cornerstone of ASP.NET Core's speed and efficiency.