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Hyper-typing
The disadvantages of over-typing in code: badly-formatted definitions, difficult to understand types, unsafe workarounds, and incomprehensible error messages.
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tl;dr
While static typing provides benefits, hyper-typing - excessive use of complex types - introduces significant downsides including poor formatting, incomprehensibility, unsafe workarounds, and error messages that are impossible to understand.
My Thoughts
Sometimes hyper typing comes with disadvantages:
- Badly-formatted type definition files
- Difficult to understand types
- Unsafe workarounds
- Incomprehensible error messages
This is my personal commentary on the original article. Please read the original article for the full context.