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		voihannena 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Look Out for Bugs I've also noticed that a strong type system and things like immutability have worked tremendously well for minimizing the amount bugs. They can't necessarily help with business rules but a compiler can definitely clear out all the "stupid" bugs.

notpachet 6 months ago [–]

Dealing with a 15-year old legacy codebase with strong types: awful but manageable. Without: not a chance.

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