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eurasiantiger
on April 16, 2022
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I Avoid Async/Await
I have seen plenty of (usually junior front-end) devs resort to exactly this kind of cargo cult coding and magical thinking.
wiml
on April 16, 2022
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Well, they're junior devs. You're supposed to help them get past that stage, not just throw away all your tools.
eurasiantiger
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What made you think I haven’t been helping them?
joe_guy
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I'm going out on a limb here and assuming the issues with their code don't begin and end with async.
cercatrova
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> I've never seen someone who understands promises or async await do that. You'd have to know nothing about what the async keyword actually does to be compelled to do that.
> usually junior front-end
So you agree with each other then?
eurasiantiger
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Good day, axe handle.
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