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Type guards rely on the programmer to be correctly defined and are error-prone. We introduce the type extractor, which may be a safer alternative in many scenarios.
There are libraries that do just this like https://effect.website/docs/guides/schema/introduction.
Appreciate the write up though! All too easy to rely on libraries without understanding what’s under the hood.
Thanks for sharing, it was a good read.
Using a third-party library when it’s applicable definitely works. Much of this post is for those who can’t add a heavy dependency :)