How to avoid (re)building the service provider?
Prerequisites .NET 6+ Basic knowledge of dependency injection (DIP, IoC) Context Sometimes we need classes registered in DI while we are still configuring that same DI container. In my ca...
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How to replace fields in Microsoft Word with an open-source solution?
Versions used in this example DocumentFormat.OpenXml v3.0.0 .NET 8 The need In a project, the requirement was to generate .docx or .pdf documents filled with data provided by users through...
Is having a holistic approach heartless?
Preamble Well now, isn’t that title a bit provocative?! 🤠 This article is a personal reflection, and therefore only represents my own views. Holistic… what? Let’s start by defining it. While b...
Introducing ADRs in a heterogeneous team of five
Context As part of a 9-month engagement, I had the opportunity to work for an industrial client - what we commonly call a “large enterprise” 😏. And large enterprises often mean 👀 … History, proc...
How to configure CSVHelper to ignore empty rows?
Prerequisites CSVHelper v30 .NET 6+ TL;DR When configuring CSVHelper, add the following configuration to the ShouldSkipRecord property: var csvConfiguration = new CsvConfiguration() ...