Am Ia Master Prompter Or What

When someone recommends their own library to you on Twitter and you just awkwardly say "thanks I'll check it out" knowing full well you'll never look at it. The TypeScript equivalent of nodding politely while backing away slowly. Classic developer social interaction in the wild.

When TypeScript sees an untyped variable, it throws a fit like your strict high school teacher. But the second you slap type:any on it? Suddenly TS is your best friend who "doesn't see a problem here." It's the programming equivalent of telling your compiler "just trust me bro" while silently sacrificing all the type safety you installed TypeScript for in the first place. The digital walk of shame every developer knows but won't admit to doing.

Ah, JavaScript - where "11" + 1 equals "111" but "11" - 1 equals 10. The language where type coercion is less of a feature and more of a practical joke played by sadistic language designers. The character's enthusiasm quickly evaporates when confronted with JavaScript's notorious string concatenation vs. numeric operation behavior. And lurking in the shadows? TypeScript, silently judging, ready to save us from ourselves with its static typing. It's like having a designated driver when the rest of us are drunk on dynamic typing.

The bell curve of programming intelligence in its natural habitat. On the left, you've got Python devs thinking duck typing is revolutionary. On the right, assembly wizards who've transcended the mortal concept of types. And in the middle? The poor souls who spent four years learning about strict type systems in CS programs, sweating through every variable declaration like it's a religious ritual. The true galaxy brains are the ones who've gone so far in either direction that they circle back to the same conclusion: "Data types don't matter." Horseshoe theory of programming, folks.

Content JIS DAILY JavaScript Daily JavaScriptDaily 1h Next gen thinking over on Reddit. - Brilliant-8148 11 points 4 days ago I use typescript, but I declare everything as an any because I love the flexibility permalink embed save report reply CharlesStover 8 points 4 days ago This is unironically better than not using TypeScript at all. permalink embed save parent report reply - Brilliant-8148 4 points 4 days ago I know, for my resume! permalink embed save parent report reply 17 8 88 14 10.3K 1 Coderman unlocomax - I use seatbelt but I pass it behind my back because I love the flexibility - This is unironically better than not using SeatBelt at all. -I know, for highway patrol! 11:49 AM Sep 13, 2023 112 Views

When you finally convince your team to use TypeScript for type safety, but then discover your codebase is just a sea of any types everywhere. The whole point of TypeScript was to avoid this exact situation! It's like buying a Ferrari and then towing it behind a bicycle. Congrats, you've successfully implemented JavaScript with extra steps.