Also I feel that the author might have given up on .NET just at it became really good. It's been very consistent for many many years now. The last few years major upgrades (from .NET 5 I feel) have been very simple. I also had an adjustment period from older WF / EF / MVC etc somewehere around when .NET Core 3 hit, but I feel that the fundamental patterns have carried over well.

Big disclaimer: I don't use .NET on the frontend. Blazor is interesting but would probably not consider it for anything more than simple internal tools.