JavaScript features I avoid

10 JavaScript / TypeScript features I avoid: let var const if else switch for while true false They’re not always a problem. But, they’re overused, and can often be replaced by better alternatives. LDA LDX LDY BNE BMI BPL JMP STA STY STX ADC SBC

A screenshot lists JavaScript and TypeScript keywords that the author avoids, followed by 6502 assembly instructions presented as supposedly better alternatives. The joke is that the “alternatives” are even lower-level and more obscure, making the programmer’s preferences absurdly extreme. It works as a reaction to overengineering, language snobbery, or someone refusing ordinary programming constructs. EN: A screenshot lists JavaScript and TypeScript keywords that the author avoids, followed by 6502 assembly instructions presented as supposedly better alternatives. The joke is that the “alternatives” are even lower-level and more obscure, making the programmer’s preferences absurdly extreme. It works as a reaction to overengineering, language snobbery, or someone refusing ordinary programming constructs.

• @ithueti / 9217 2023-04-10