This is such a weird comment.. nothing about the OC suggests they were talking about front end dev; not to mention that writing for hours before actually running it is a pretty terrible way to code. Typescript is also not a workaround for volume binding, which can accommodate any stack.
As another commenter mentioned, "refresh" tipped them off as a front end dev.
As a backend dev working in statically typed languages, I will sometimes code for hours without running, and I wouldn't say anything about it is terrible. I haven't worked with Typescript, but it wouldn't surprise me if it enabled a similar development process.
I wouldn't necessarily infrequent running as a technique worth emulating, but in certain situations it works pretty well.
redleather|4 years ago
dehrmann|4 years ago
>> I'm never confident in the changes I make, but my style is to write a few lines at a time, save, re-run or refresh.
This is a pretty typical frontend development pattern, especially seeing "refresh."
pgwhalen|4 years ago
As a backend dev working in statically typed languages, I will sometimes code for hours without running, and I wouldn't say anything about it is terrible. I haven't worked with Typescript, but it wouldn't surprise me if it enabled a similar development process.
I wouldn't necessarily infrequent running as a technique worth emulating, but in certain situations it works pretty well.
archsurface|4 years ago