Yup, and IO being async usually creates impedance mismatch in constructors. Had to refactor quite a few anti-pattern constructors like this into `async Task<Th

Yup, and IO being async usually creates impedance mismatch in constructors. Had to refactor quite a few anti-pattern constructors like this into `async Task<Thing> Create(...)` back in the day. No idea what was the thought process of the original authors, if there was any...