The 404 page on the Financial Times is a work of genius https://t.co/g6jQjFXhHh

Two different approaches to finding your voice and point of view: “20% beefs” and the gap between industry and practice.

Here are some rules of thumb for knowing when to use try/catch :

• Do you control the input?
  
  
  If the variable in question is coming from a user, an API, or some other external source, you should probably wrap its initial handling in a try/catch block.


• Is the error recoverable?
  
  

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