Stefan Baumgartner: Rust, TypeScript, and Software Engineering

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March 5, 2024

The `never` type and error handling in TypeScript

Stefan Baumgartner

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Reading time: 16 minutes

Posted in TypeScript

One thing that I see more often recently is that folks find out about the never type, and start using it more often, especially trying to model error handling. But more often than not, they don’t use it properly or overlook some fundamental features of never. This can lead to faulty code that might act up in production, so I want to clear doubts and misconceptions, and show you what you can really do with never.

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TypeScript + React Guide

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July 17, 2023

5 Inconvenient Truths about TypeScript

Reading time: 6 minutes

Posted in TypeScript

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March 2, 2023

Refactoring in Rust: Introducing Traits

Reading time: 11 minutes

Posted in Rust , Practical Rust

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February 21, 2023

Refactoring in Rust: Abstraction with the Newtype Pattern

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Posted in Rust , Practical Rust

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November 5, 2024

Unsafe for Work

Posted in Talk , Slides , Rust

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June 20, 2024

Refactoring Rust

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February 6, 2024

Async Rust and Asnyc Functions in Traits

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Stefan's articles elsewhere

April 14, 2023

Comment on the Rust Trademark Controversy

Posted in Rust
Language: German

Read on Comment on the Rust Trademark Controversy at Heise

April 12, 2023

Asynchronous Methods in Rust Traits

Posted in Rust
Language: German

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October 6, 2022

Rust for the curious developers

Posted in Rust
Language: German

Read on Rust for the curious developers at Devjobs.at
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