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0 pointsvineyardmike4y ago0 comments

> We are using Typescript as our main programming language

How are you managing financial numbers safely in TS? Any library to ensure its "safe"?

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stefanheule4y ago· 2 in thread

I won't lie, this is not my favorite aspect, but the only way to do it is have numbers be represented as a string (e.g. "10.128") and use a library to manipulate them. The number type unfortunately just does not work.

vineyardmikeOP4y ago

Would you mind sharing details about this, and your experience?

I ask not to challenge you or critique, but i have a deep interest in fintech and love Typescript. The ability to use it for fintech would be great, i just assumed it'd be too clunky to be practical.

steviedotboston4y ago

that seems ... really really risky

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