38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using types

Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by tom_ on Sunday February 10, 2019 @10:28PM (#19131838)

These people reap the greatest benefit, because they are least familiar with the codebase and get the most out of having the computer check their changes make sense.

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Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by franciscop on Sunday February 10, 2019 @10:38PM (#19131877)

Totally agreed. I'm not saying that they would not get benefits! I'm just saying there's also a cost and that might be the difference from someone continuing learning or giving up.

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Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by tom_ on Sunday February 10, 2019 @11:12PM (#19132009)

I was assuming professional programmers with at least some experience - the article is about the toolchain in use by Airbnb.

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Re:38% of bugs at Airbnb could have been prevented by using ... by cellularmitosis on Monday February 11, 2019 @06:10AM (#19133581)

I’m not sure. A newbie experiencing a truly interactive REPL-style environment might be way faster than being stuck in an edit-compile-debug loop.

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