AI

Open Source Contribution in the AI Era: Lessons from the HwpLibSharp Porting Project I’ve been a Microsoft MVP for 17 years now. One of the most frequently asked questions I’ve received in the .NET community is “How do I work with HWP files in C#?” The official library from Hancom was built on Windows and COM, leaving virtually no solution for cross-platform .NET environments. Then I discovered hwplib by @neolord0—a pure Java open source library that parses the HWP file format. The thought immediately struck me: “Porting this to .NET would be a real contribution to the community.” But it wasn’t going to be easy. The codebase was massive, and it was still being actively updated. ...

When following news from the AI coding tools industry these days, you’ll notice that every time a new tool emerges, messages like “this is the future” and “you’ll fall behind if you don’t use it” are emphasized to an almost excessive degree. Background agents, parallel AI sessions, autonomous coding—new concepts appear every week, making you feel like you’re falling behind the times if you don’t adopt them. But is it really healthy to take these messages at face value? I don’t think so. ...

It Started with Simple Curiosity “I wish I could handle HWP files directly in .NET…” I’m probably not the only .NET developer who has had this thought. HWP files are still widely used in Korea, especially in government agencies, but the .NET ecosystem lacked a proper open-source library to handle them. Previously, the only way to work with HWP files in .NET was to use the HWP ActiveX control’s COM type library that comes with Hangul (the word processor), limited to Windows. Unfortunately, even this support has been discontinued, leaving us with no options. ...

When talking with colleagues who work on service development, I often notice a vague sense of burden regarding AI adoption. Digging into the root of that burden, it usually stems from misunderstandings caused by the term ‘Training’. “If I attach a model to my service, will it consume user data and learn in real-time to get smarter?” “Can we control that learning process? What if it learns something weird?” If you’ve had these concerns, you can rest easy for a moment. Today, I’ll clarify this misunderstanding in developer terms. ...