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Inm looking at you Typescript dev (sh.itjust.works)
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[โ€“] sweeny@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure if you're being rhetorical or not, but "string|number" is definitely correct here. A computer could definitely figure this out, but typing is for the benefit of the coders more than the code itself. It's basically functional documentation