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marginalia_nuyesterday at 2:25 PM3 repliesview on HN

Have you tried not returning null or constructing incomplete objects?


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gentlewateryesterday at 2:39 PM

Can I trust code I’ve written myself with no guarantees from the language? Maybe. Can I trust code written by dozens of other developers (and/or agents) working on the same project over multiple years? Definitely not.

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mrkeenyesterday at 3:26 PM

The standard library writers can go first.

saghmyesterday at 2:46 PM

Do you never use external libraries?

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