Explain the Options Pattern and why it’s preferred over directly reading from configuration.

The Options Pattern binds configuration sections to strongly typed classes and injects them via IOptions<T>, IOptionsSnapshot<T>, or IOptionsMonitor<T>.

Benefits include:

• Centralized configuration mapping and validation.
• No magic strings scattered throughout the code.
• Ability to reload or react to config changes.
• Cleaner separation of configuration from business logic.