.NET 8 Minimal APIs: WhatChanged and Why It Matters
@ntlamMinimal APIs stopped feeling like a toy the moment I used them on a real service.
Less ceremony, same power
No controllers, no attributes — just endpoints, dependency injection, and route handlers that read top to bottom.
The best framework change is the one that lets you delete code.
When I'd still reach for MVC
Large, deeply nested APIs with heavy conventions still benefit from controllers. For small services, minimal APIs win every time.
