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The TypeScript Tax: A Cost vs. Benefit Analysis

12 points by ericelliott 8y ago

oorza 8y ago
This is the most intellectually dishonest thing I've read in a while. Claims to have a bunch of data, then abandons the data as soon as its analysis time. It's pretty obvious the data collected didn't correlate with the author's preconceived idea of what he wanted to find. The whole article is a bunch of mental gymnastics trying to codify an opinion with so-called data points, but only the ones that concur with the hypothesis. Total garbage, whoever wrote this should be ashamed of themselves. If real science was carried out this way, we'd never have invented a microprocessor.
- ericelliott 8y ago
  Hello. I wrote it, and the article cites a lot of data that came from objective data sources including studies by companies like Microsoft, IBM, and universities to make the points about the limitations of bug reduction. As for the ROI analysis, the article clearly states that the objective data was too noisy to use, clearly explains why, clearly states which data is subjective, and provides readers with guidance on how to interpret the subjective data. There's nothing dishonest about it. It is not "science", and does not claim to be, though it does cite some real science. It is an anecdotal opinion piece, though that opinion is well informed and supported by some "real science". It should be interpreted as an anecdotal opinion, not a formal research study -- as with any small data sampling. You can't draw definitive, objective conclusions from it. Some people have had overwhelmingly positive results with TypeScript. We need a lot more people to share their experiences before we can start to say anything objective about it. Please don't discourage them from sharing their opinions, no matter which side of the ROI spectrum they favor.
- dang 8y ago
  This is not an acceptable way to disagree on HN, no matter how strongly you feel. Please read the site guidelines and follow them when posting here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

12 points by ericelliott 8y ago

This is the most intellectually dishonest thing I've read in a while. Claims to have a bunch of data, then abandons the data as soon as its analysis time. It's pretty obvious the data collected didn't correlate with the author's preconceived idea of what he wanted to find. The whole article is a bunch of mental gymnastics trying to codify an opinion with so-called data points, but only the ones that concur with the hypothesis. Total garbage, whoever wrote this should be ashamed of themselves. If real science was carried out this way, we'd never have invented a microprocessor.

ericelliott 8y ago
Hello. I wrote it, and the article cites a lot of data that came from objective data sources including studies by companies like Microsoft, IBM, and universities to make the points about the limitations of bug reduction. As for the ROI analysis, the article clearly states that the objective data was too noisy to use, clearly explains why, clearly states which data is subjective, and provides readers with guidance on how to interpret the subjective data. There's nothing dishonest about it. It is not "science", and does not claim to be, though it does cite some real science. It is an anecdotal opinion piece, though that opinion is well informed and supported by some "real science". It should be interpreted as an anecdotal opinion, not a formal research study -- as with any small data sampling. You can't draw definitive, objective conclusions from it. Some people have had overwhelmingly positive results with TypeScript. We need a lot more people to share their experiences before we can start to say anything objective about it. Please don't discourage them from sharing their opinions, no matter which side of the ROI spectrum they favor.
dang 8y ago
This is not an acceptable way to disagree on HN, no matter how strongly you feel. Please read the site guidelines and follow them when posting here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html