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Jul 10, 2025·5 min read

Slaying the EF Core Cartesian Explosion with AsSplitQuery()

You built a rich domain model with aggregates and child collections, but now your queries are painfully slow. Learn how a one-line change in Entity Framework Core, .AsSplitQuery(), can fix the dreaded "Cartesian Explosion" and make your app fly.

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