Go is still not good

They are forcing people to write Typescript code like it’s Golang where I am right now (amongst other extremely stupid decisions - only unit test service boundaries, do not pull out logic into pure functions, do not write UI tests, etc.). I really must remember to ask organisations to show me their code before joining them.

(I realise this isn’t who is hiring, but email in bio)

Have you seen Java people write Python? Same vibe :)

Ah yes. I love working at places that hire experts just to tell them how they should do the work they're an expert at.

I do this and think it works really well...

myfunc(arg: string): Value | Err

I really try not to throw anymore with typescript, I do error checking like in Go. When used with a Go backend, it makes context switching really easy...

Reminded me of this classic talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9pEzgHorH0

They still throw and just have millions of try catch blocks repeated everywhere around almost every function :-/

Sure have: https://youtu.be/wf-BqAjZb8M?t=831

I do actually love returning errors in TS. It solved most of the problems I have with error handling.

Yes not terrible, I think throwing is often worse. I do think that Golang forcing you to deal with Errors immediately is just a bit extreme, sometimes it’s nice to have a choice or create abstractions about how to handle them.