Please Don't Make Me Go Back There

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Please Don't Make Me Go Back There

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The emotional trauma of diving back into TypeScript after swimming in the lawless waters of JavaScript is just too real. It's like going from a world where you can declare variables as whatever the hell you want, to suddenly having a strict parent checking your homework and screaming "TYPE ERROR" at every turn. That fetal position is the universal developer stance for "I've seen things in that legacy codebase that cannot be unseen." The sweet structure of TypeScript feels like both salvation and punishment after you've been living like a code bandit for too long.

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