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Three independently ugly bugs that all fed the same log flood:

* Electron's `WebFrameMain.send` writes every "Render frame was disposed"
  to stderr via `console.error`. When the worker fans a second
  agent-event past a reloading renderer, we produced thousands of
  identical lines and stalled the main loop on stderr I/O. Added a
  `mainFrame.detached` guard so the send is short-circuited before
  Electron's own catch block fires, and installed a targeted filter in
  `suppress-warnings.ts` (now actually imported from the entry point)
  so the specific `console.error("Error sending from webFrameMain:"…)`
  noise never reaches the terminal. Any other payload still surfaces.

* `dispatchAgentMessage` accepted the human-reader sentinel as a wake
  target when an agent replied to `__board__` — `wakeAgentIfPossible`
  then called `db.getAgent("__board__")`, threw, and the dispatcher
  kept repeating on every send. Strip `HUMAN_SENDER_ID` at
  `resolveMessageWakeTargets`, and keep a defense-in-depth guard in the
  heartbeat so a stray caller (future automation fan-out) cannot
  reintroduce the crash.

* Pi's skills loader rejects any SKILL.md whose frontmatter `name`
  diverges from its parent directory. The four bundled `my-writing-style`
  copies declared `name: writing-style-skill`, so every install emitted
  a warning and dropped the skill. They also lived as orphan gitlinks
  (mode 160000 without .gitmodules), and the global `*.md` gitignore
  hid every other SKILL.md from version control. Fixed the frontmatter
  to match the dir, converted the dangling submodules to plain trees,
  and allowlisted `builtin-skills/**/*.md` so a fresh clone carries the
  catalogue instead of silently losing it.
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Dependency Injection Containers Live at the Edge MEDIUM prevents DI container coupling throughout codebase frame, dependency-injection, container, composition

Dependency Injection Containers Live at the Edge

DI containers are infrastructure. Use them at composition root (main/startup) to wire dependencies, but don't let them invade domain or application code.

Incorrect (DI container throughout codebase):

// Domain depends on DI container
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;

public class Order
{
    public void Process()
    {
        // Service locator anti-pattern
        var emailService = ServiceLocator.Current.GetService<IEmailService>();
        var logger = ServiceLocator.Current.GetService<ILogger>();

        // ...
    }
}

// Application layer decorated with DI attributes
public class CreateOrderUseCase
{
    [Inject]
    public IOrderRepository Orders { get; set; }

    [Inject]
    public IPaymentGateway Payments { get; set; }

    // Properties injected by container - hidden dependencies
}

// Switching DI containers requires touching domain code

Correct (DI container only at composition root):

// Domain - no DI container knowledge
public class Order
{
    public void Process(IEmailService email, ILogger logger)
    {
        // Dependencies passed explicitly
    }
}

// Application - constructor injection, no container knowledge
public class CreateOrderUseCase
{
    private readonly IOrderRepository _orders;
    private readonly IPaymentGateway _payments;

    // Plain constructor - works with any DI container or manual wiring
    public CreateOrderUseCase(
        IOrderRepository orders,
        IPaymentGateway payments)
    {
        _orders = orders;
        _payments = payments;
    }
}

// Composition root - only place that knows about DI container
// Program.cs or Startup.cs
public class CompositionRoot
{
    public static IServiceProvider ConfigureServices()
    {
        var services = new ServiceCollection();

        // Infrastructure
        services.AddScoped<IOrderRepository, PostgresOrderRepository>();
        services.AddScoped<IPaymentGateway, StripePaymentGateway>();
        services.AddScoped<IEmailService, SendGridEmailService>();

        // Application
        services.AddScoped<CreateOrderUseCase>();
        services.AddScoped<GetOrdersUseCase>();

        // Interface
        services.AddScoped<OrderController>();

        return services.BuildServiceProvider();
    }
}

// For tests - manual wiring without container
[Test]
public void CreatesOrder()
{
    var orders = new InMemoryOrderRepository();
    var payments = new FakePaymentGateway();
    var useCase = new CreateOrderUseCase(orders, payments);

    useCase.Execute(command);

    Assert.That(orders.All(), Has.Count.EqualTo(1));
}

Benefits:

  • Domain and application code portable across DI containers
  • Tests don't need DI container setup
  • Dependencies explicit in constructors

Reference: Composition Root Pattern