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the myth of type safety (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 10 months ago (13 children)

Sounds like you don't know how to properly use TypeScript...

[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (12 children)

If I had the willpower or time to go through a multi-thousand line (not including the html templates) legacy Angular 6 codebase where almost every property is typed 'any' then I assure you I would have, it's driving me insane 🙃, also why I prefer backend

[–] [email protected] 52 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The boy scout technique: fix your types when you're working on a bug or a feature, one file at a time. Also try to use unknown instead of any for more sensitive parts, it will force you to typecheck.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The fuck the lemons technique: resign and seek an employer that didn't fail at the most basic level of engineering management and development culture for years and years — because life is short and we're all running out of time... always.

When life hands you lemons, just say fuck the lemons and bail

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

resign and seek an employer that didn't fail at the most basic level of engineering management and development culture for years and years

So basically change careers

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

combustible lemon

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