Task.cs

public class Task<T>
{
  readonly T something;

  public Task(T something)
  {
    this.something = something;
  }
}

public static class Task
{
  public static Task<T> New<T>(T something)
  {
    return new Task<T>(something);
  }
}

Usage.cs

// find myself using this "pattern" a lot to avoid the rather irritating inability of the C# compiler to infer generic arguments from constructor arguments

var something = "value";
var task = Task.New(something);

// instead of:
var something = "value";
var task = new Task<string>(something);