https://lab.artur-rios.tech/tags/tickerq/Recent content in TickerQ on Artur Rios LabHugoen-usWed, 21 Oct 2026 13:20:00 +0000https://lab.artur-rios.tech/dotnet/library-recommendations/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:20:00 +0000https://lab.artur-rios.tech/dotnet/library-recommendations/<p>Every new .NET project starts with the same handful of decisions. How will I test it? Where does fake data come from? How do I validate input, survive a flaky dependency, export a spreadsheet, run something every night? The base class library answers some of these. For the rest, I have settled on a short list of NuGet packages that I add almost without thinking.</p> <p>This page is that list, with the reasoning written down. For each library I explain what it is for, why I use it, show a small example and say when I would pick something else. A recommendation is only as good as what it leaves out, so I also flag what I would want to know before adding a dependency: licence, maintenance, breaking changes, and in two cases events that every user of the library should know about.</p>