The TypeScript Knight's Fatal Weakness

Technical debt Code review Code quality Type safety Any type Strict typing Type assertion

Typescript Javascript Programming Debugging Testing

3 months ago 124,831 views 1 shares

The TypeScript Knight's Fatal Weakness

typescript-memes, type-safety-memes, code-review-memes, technical-debt-memes, any-type-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

The knight was ready for battle with his mighty sword of TypeScript code, prepared to slay dragons with strict typing and interfaces... until an arrow labeled "as any" pierced right through his helmet. That type assertion just bypassed all his carefully crafted armor of type safety! Nothing defeats a noble TypeScript warrior faster than a teammate who decides type checking is more of a suggestion than a rule.

More Like This

Rookie Error

Typescript Javascript Programming Debugging Testing

18 days ago 148.6K views 0 shares

Rookie Error

The ultimate type-checking nightmare! Boolean questions should return true/false, not "maybe", "sometimes", or the dreaded string response. It's like asking "Is the server running?" and getting back "Well, it's Tuesday and Mercury is in retrograde..." Somewhere, a strongly-typed language is crying. The face perfectly captures that moment when you realize you'll need to add an extra validation layer because someone thought "Yes" and true were interchangeable. Classic rookie move that haunts even senior devs during code reviews.

based on recent struggles

Typescript Javascript Frontend

2 years ago 40.8K views 0 shares

based on recent struggles | typescript-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

Content I'm a JavaScript developer You mean TypeScript, right? You mean TypeScript, right? made with mematic Prodrammer-umor.ic

Instructions Unclear

Typescript Javascript Programming Debugging Frontend

1 month ago 208.2K views 0 shares

Instructions Unclear

Someone clearly skipped the code review meeting. The validation says the minimum length is 100000 but the maximum is 999999. Then the error message demands "at least 100000 characters" while the user typed... 9995855? I've seen more logical requirements in government paperwork. This is what happens when the PM says "just make it secure" without specifying what that means.

Somebody check on python 👀

Typescript Javascript Python Frontend Backend

1 year ago 58.0K views 0 shares

Somebody check on python 👀 | python-memes, typescript-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

Content Typescript type system sigsegmeme Python type system

Look how they massacred it..

Typescript Javascript Frontend

2 years ago 46.5K views 0 shares

Look how they massacred it.. | typescript-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

Content WHEN YOU LOVE JAVASCRIPT AND YOU USE TYPESCRIPT FOR THE FIRST TIME

Async Is Contagious

Typescript Javascript Programming Debugging Frontend

2 months ago 148.9K views 1 shares

Async Is Contagious

Start with a normal function handshake, end with the ENTIRE CODEBASE being infected with async/await! 😱 The moment you introduce ONE async function into your pristine synchronous paradise, it spreads faster than gossip in a developer Slack channel! Suddenly EVERYTHING needs to be async, your functions are covered in purple Teletubby suits, and your once-simple code is now a hellscape of Promises and .then() chains! The async plague has no cure - resistance is futile! Your beautiful sequential code? MURDERED in cold blood by the async mafia!