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Re:RFC: Adopt a modern JavaScript framework for use with Med... by matthewmacleod on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:15AM (#22628253)
Typescript will not help us a dime with type checking for most of devs we hire are long past the stage when typing errors are a thing for them.

It's genuinely terrifying to think that people out there with this attitude are producing software that I might be at risk of using.

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Re:RFC: Adopt a modern JavaScript framework for use with Med... by karatestomp on Thursday March 19, 2020 @03:32PM (#22630789)
Seriously. “We manage OK without static types” is one thing but “LOL we’re not n00bs so we don’t need your productivity-killing static types” is... wow. WTF. Keep anything that team writes far away from important data and processes, please.
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