Comment by rubyn00bie | Hacker News Reader

Comment by rubyn00bie | Hacker News Reader

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Lmao. This has to be the funniest comment I’ve ever read on here. I can assure you, the only copium being huffed is by you, mate. I have written Scala, Swift, Java, and more (including TypeScript). I have zero trouble with type systems, but I have wasted enough time fighting them for little real world benefit. In Elixir, and this is the best part, I don’t fight type bugs. You probably do because type erasure means you can still have them if someone has mistyped something or shit on something at runtime— the joys of JavaScript.

It sounds like you’re really trying to justify something and that’s great for you. I’m really happy for you. Keep it up. May you soar where no junior dev has dared to soar before. God speed.

Hah. Sure buddy, Mr. Sr Dev. Sorry if I offended you and your vast experience. Without types there definitely aren't type bugs, I grant you that, and JVM languages are quite different to TS. I don't know if your argument on type erasure is any better than advocating for dynamic typing but it definitely happens when you just start throwing anys.

And look, I'm first to admit that TS type system isn't perfect (and it can cause some devs to go overboard) but I have read my share of Python scripts that were read-only from the minute they were born.

  It sounds like you’re really trying to justify something and that’s great for you. I’m really happy for you. Keep it up. May you soar where no junior dev has dared to soar before. God speed.

And please, your condescension just sounds insecurity to me. It's highly amusing though that you try to play me down as a silly junior dev, I'm quite satisfied that my original assessment was correct.

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