My approach (very similar than when I write C or raw JS) is to use a few "cleanup" APIs or libs that hide the nasty stuff (string handling / array iteration / S

My approach (very similar than when I write C or raw JS) is to use a few "cleanup" APIs or libs that hide the nasty stuff (string handling / array iteration / SQL building), because I know I don't want to deal with all the footguns. There were rarely is a performance argument that would need me to do otherwise.