Why this matters
Reduces allocations and clarifies intent.
Avoid unnecessary AsQueryable/ToList/Where/Select chains that do nothing; keep pipelines minimal.
Reduces allocations and clarifies intent.
Side-by-side examples engineers can pattern-match during review.
ctx.Users.AsQueryable().Where(u => true).Select(u => u)ctx.Usersitems.Select(x=>x).ToList()items.ToList()From the same buckets as this rule.
All static JS/CSS/font/image files MUST use content-hashed filenames (e.g., app.9c1a7b.js) and be served with "Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable". HTML and other non-fingerprinted documents MUST be served with "Cache-Control: no-cache" (or equivalent) to enable conditional revalidation.