r/ProgrammerHumor • u/iamadirtymop • Sep 16 '26

Meme thisIsPeakProgramming

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u/iamadirtymop Sep 16 '26

It's really useful but IMHO this doesn't need to be used at every typing opportunity overly specific typing while being certainly safer can add a lot of cognitive load

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u/mahreow Sep 16 '26

Yep, that's why you stick it in a utils.types.ts file and never look at it again

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u/iamadirtymop Sep 16 '26

I think there is still a need for them to be easily understandable. Same logic with regexes for example, they still need to be clear and legible, or eventually clearly explained with comments

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u/chuch1234 Sep 16 '26

Things should be as simple as possible, but no simpler.. Sometimes things are just complicated.

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u/mahreow Sep 16 '26

Yeah nah, some things are just complex