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Snack Pack: @ts-ignore is not your safety net

Published 4 months ago • 2 min read

A Tasty Treats NEWSLETTER for Web Developers

Issue #56:

  • Snag swag & drink beers with us at Barebottle Brewing in San Francisco next Monday @5PM! RSVP
  • Did you see that CJ is quitting AI coding?
  • Cloudflare’s new “Code Mode” might be the first sane MCP tool
  • @ts-ignore isn’t your get-out-of-TypeScript-free card

@ts-ignore is almost always the worst option

FROM CJ

You should probably be using these things instead of @ts-ignore.

Code Mode: the better way to use MCP

cj'S LINK

Cloudflare has come up with a new typesafe way to work with MCP tools and the results are promising.

Carbon

randy's plug

Create and share beautiful images of your code.

just for fun:

Eel slap!

fun PROVIDED by cj

Interactively slap this man in the face with an eel.

Wonders of Street View

more fun from cj

Fun an interesting landmarks/buildings/situations caught on google street view.

The Feed

New videos 3×/week

CJ's CORNER

AI Coding Sucks

It's not at all what was promised and I'm done...

All Hail The Algorithm

Some good stuff™ from the socials

SHAMELESS PLUG

Unreal Engine crash reporting now available on gaming consoles with trace-connected logs

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