Waqas Ahmad — Software Architect & Technical Consultant

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.NET ArchitectureCloud-Native ArchitectureAzure Cloud EngineeringAPI ArchitectureMicroservices ArchitectureEvent-Driven ArchitectureDatabase Design & Optimization

👋 Hi, I'm Waqas — a Software Architect and Technical Consultant specializing in .NET, Azure, microservices, and API-first system design..
I help companies build reliable, maintainable, and high-performance backend platforms that scale.

Experienced across engineering ecosystems shaped by Microsoft, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, and the Apache Software Foundation.

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Entity

Definition

Object with identity that persists over time (e.g. Order, User).

As defined in the knowledge graph

Domain object with identity (e.g. Order, User). — From: Clean Architecture with .NET: Layers, Dependency Rule, and Structure
Domain or database entity; do not expose raw entity to client; use DTO instead. — From: Full-Stack .NET and Angular for Enterprise Applications

Related concepts

Aggregate DTO Repository Use Case

Articles mentioning this concept

Clean Architecture with .NET: Layers, Dependency Rule, and Structure Domain-Driven Design (DDD) Basics: Bounded Contexts and Aggregates Full-Stack .NET and Angular for Enterprise Applications