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Re:Rookie coding mistake prior to Gab hack came from site’s CTO by mannerheim on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @11:57PM (#26324931)
Sounds like a place where static types would have helped...

Not that one should rely entirely on them for these sorts of situations.

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Re:Rookie coding mistake prior to Gab hack came from site’s CTO by 1_player on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @05:24AM (#26326686)
Static types don't help with string interpolation.
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Re:Rookie coding mistake prior to Gab hack came from site’s CTO by mannerheim on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @06:03AM (#26326907)
They help with ensuring you're not interpolating things that can be strings where you're only expecting numbers.
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