#technical

This is going to be a bit of a technical rant about something most programmers won't have the misfortune of dealing with: type erasure. A two-decade old solution to generics for Java that should have been shelved long ago. Java devs claim it is "necessary"—it's bullshit.

When I opened up the text editor to start making my website, I had two choices: stick with what I'm familiar with and use plain HTML and CSS, or learn something new. I chose the path less travelled by.