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[โ€“] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Sounds like you don't know how to properly use TypeScript...

[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (12 children)

If I had the willpower or time to go through a multi-thousand line (not including the html templates) legacy Angular 6 codebase where almost every property is typed 'any' then I assure you I would have, it's driving me insane ๐Ÿ™ƒ, also why I prefer backend

[โ€“] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The boy scout technique: fix your types when you're working on a bug or a feature, one file at a time. Also try to use unknown instead of any for more sensitive parts, it will force you to typecheck.

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The fuck the lemons technique: resign and seek an employer that didn't fail at the most basic level of engineering management and development culture for years and years โ€” because life is short and we're all running out of time... always.

When life hands you lemons, just say fuck the lemons and bail

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

resign and seek an employer that didn't fail at the most basic level of engineering management and development culture for years and years

So basically change careers

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

combustible lemon

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