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Quick commentary on the ThoughtWorks 2025 Tech Radar; their yearly report on things to try, adopt, and avoid (they call it “hold”, meaning proceed with caution whereas I’m like “yeah, no, avoid the noid”). I only cover the ones I find interesting, so if you want to read the whole thing, PDF is downloadable here: https://www.thoughtworks.com/en-us/radar

The following covers the unique aspects of TypeScript’s gradual typing, and how this can lead to types that are not accurate and can lead to bugs and runtime exceptions. We also cover ways to utilize the gradual feature of TypeScript to improve those types in an iterative fashion.

I gave a talk at this years Richmond JavaScript Conference. I always wondered what would JavaScript look like then if many of the TC39 proposals were accepted. Given many take years, if I made the assumption by 2037, the few I wanted were approved, what would JavaScript look like then?

Good video on front-end career path.

These guys have done some bangers on the nuance around AI for coders. Yes, their titles are click baity, but they have the intelligence, experience, communication skills to produce good content. Three things I want to point out they don’t cover in this video.