Closer to the Machine: Getting Obsessed With Strict Types

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

2026 is the agentic hour. We barely write the code anymore. We say what we want, a model writes it, we reread, we rerun. That is not a reason to drop good practice. It is the opposite: practice is the only thing that still holds when you are no longer the one putting down every line. And the AI has to apply it. It will not do so out of politeness. You have to dictate it.

GRPC on Damien GOEHRIG

Closer to the Machine: Getting Obsessed With Strict Types