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  • similarly when there’s some simple arithmetic I can’t mentally calculate I use a cloud based coal powered statistical word generator because I don’t realize that there are existing dedicated tools for the job and it’s easier for me to defecate my stream of consciousness into a chat window than to take my eyes off vertical infinite scrolling video long enough to take basic troubleshooting steps






  • People forget that crashes are a debugging tool indicating an error. Silent errors can be much more dangerous. C and C++ in particular need to be careful not to overwrite random memory for example.

    Yes the consequences for JS failures are less severe and so JS can get away with it, but a crash is a way to know your program isn’t doing what you thought it was, properly.

    It just so happens that JS is used in contexts where nobody really cares, and errors aren’t a big deal, cheap and fast wins.