ajxs

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   by ajxs 8y ago

   My apologies, I was commenting very generally regarding attitudes typical of Javascript developers I have encountered in my professional life, rather than addressing the article directly. Also, you're right. 38% of development time is
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   by ajxs 8y ago

   The bigger problem is that "Simple fix" !== "Simple ramifications". Runtime issues caused by missing very simple typing bugs can bring down critical systems in Node. I worked at a company where a payment batching system
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   by ajxs 8y ago

   There's been some discussion regarding what these Javascript devs are calling "The Typescript Tax" ( Presumably the perceived increased cost of development in a statically typed language ). What greater 'tax' could
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   by ajxs 8y ago

   However anecdotal this claim may be, it seems fairly intuitive given the basic economic model of supply and demand. Can you explain how greatly increasing the supply of developers by importing them from overseas will not affect the demand,
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   by ajxs 8y ago

   You're entirely correct that most people just aren't all that fun or weird. Over the last 20 years the internet has become an increasingly commercial and democratised place. In the earlier years the level of technical aptitude nec