>When I start a new C# project, first 40 minutes I am mindlessly writing a scaffolding of classes, data structures and helper functions that I will need from th

>When I start a new C# project, first 40 minutes I am mindlessly writing a scaffolding of classes, data structures and helper functions that I will need from the beginning. I share this sentiment but the recently announced changes to file level namespaces, global imports, top level definitions etc. have the potential to eliminate a lot of pointless boilerplate. Now the structural patterns - those are self inflicted - you pay that cost to keep the thing consistent and maintainable down the line - but people often can't evaluate when it's not worth it (and often even don't understand what they are try to achieve but instead treat it like boilerplate that has to be present)