we also wrap them in Failure to solve the second problem: spotting potential exceptions is hard
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sobolevn.me sobolevn.me
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exceptions are not exceptional, they represent expectable problems
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- difficult/hard problem
- error/exception handling
- anticipating what could go wrong / error/exception cases
- easy to miss / not notice (attention)
- exceptions that are not exceptional
- error/exception handling: spotting potential exceptions is hard
- exceptions are expectable, not exceptional
- key point
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trailblazer.to trailblazer.to
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Things could go wrong in two places here. First, the validation could fail if Github sends us data we don’t understand. Second, we might not know the user signing in, meaning the “find user” logic has to error-out
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