> TS astronauts, left unchecked, can make extremely complex types using generics, conditionals, and all the esoteric features of TS, resulting in extremely obtuse code.
Disclaimer: I guess I'm a fellow TS astronaut.
Most of the time TS astronauts will stick to your methodology of keeping things simple. Everyone likes simple, I think.
However, the type-austronautics is necessary once you need to type some JS with some really strange calling conventions/contracts (think complex config objects inputs, or heterogenous outputs that end up with _not quite the same_ call signatures, using large objects trees for control flow, etc; basically really shit code that arises from JS being a very dynamic language) without modifying the interfaces themselves. Sure you can be a bit lenient, but that makes the code unsound and crates a false sense of security until the inevitable runtime bug happens.
The correct solution would be to refactor the code, but that's not always possible. Especially if your manager was the author of said magnum anus—apologies, I meant magnum opus—and sabotages any attempts at refactoring.
I guess the moral hiding in this anecdote is that I should looking for a new job.
Disclaimer: I guess I'm a fellow TS astronaut.
Most of the time TS astronauts will stick to your methodology of keeping things simple. Everyone likes simple, I think.
However, the type-austronautics is necessary once you need to type some JS with some really strange calling conventions/contracts (think complex config objects inputs, or heterogenous outputs that end up with _not quite the same_ call signatures, using large objects trees for control flow, etc; basically really shit code that arises from JS being a very dynamic language) without modifying the interfaces themselves. Sure you can be a bit lenient, but that makes the code unsound and crates a false sense of security until the inevitable runtime bug happens.
The correct solution would be to refactor the code, but that's not always possible. Especially if your manager was the author of said magnum anus—apologies, I meant magnum opus—and sabotages any attempts at refactoring.
I guess the moral hiding in this anecdote is that I should looking for a new job.