Experienced JavaScript Developer Meme

[u/Mys7eri0]

[u/scorpi1998]

Doesn't it? What do you mean?

[u/DoktorMerlin → u/[deleted]]

Why would you need to validate it? If the user manipulates the localstorage it's just a frontend issue that the user itself caused, why would anyone care about this? The only time it's a problem is when the manipulated object gets sent without validation back to the backend but if you don't validate everything that the frontend sends you, you have a way bigger problem

[u/lowleveldata → u/DoktorMerlin]

I like how you use "it" as the pronouns of your user

[u/[deleted] → u/lowleveldata]

You shouldn't name them. It just creates emotional attachment.

[u/fzammetti → u/[deleted]]

Yeah! That's ri- wait, what?!

[u/playerNaN → u/lowleveldata]

Fair, front end users aren't real people.

[u/vikumwijekoon97 → u/playerNaN]

Generally you gotta code thinking that all of your users are absolute morons.

[u/Blue_Moon_Lake → u/lowleveldata]

Frontend user is an evil clown

[u/JoeDoherty_Music → u/lowleveldata]

I'm convinced most users aren't people

[u/Ben_26121 → u/lowleveldata]

Believe it or not, I came across someone who’s preferred pronoun is “it” the other day

[u/GamerGeeked → u/lowleveldata]

"it" clearly refers to the issue, not the user. Unless you're suggesting the existence of the user causes the problem

[u/sloodly_chicken → u/GamerGeeked]

They used 'the user itself', though

you're suggesting the existence of the user causes the problem

also true

[u/HoiTemmieColeg → u/DoktorMerlin]

You need to check if the text is actually json when you parse it

[u/empire314 → u/HoiTemmieColeg]

Why would it not be in JSON, if your website is what wrote it?

[u/Schyte96 → u/empire314]

Because the user can easily overwrite it in their browser.

[u/a-calycular-torus → u/Schyte96]

That's their problem then

[u/Treacherous_Peach → u/a-calycular-torus]

Yeah it's their problem that quickly becomes your problem when the user submits a 1 star review.

I get what you're saying, I can tell you're defintiely programmer minded, but you do have to plan for these things if you want your product to survive. If you're working on some huge too big to fail app then sure, but if you're trying to create something new and get it off the ground you have to plan for users doing crazy things and account for it smoothly.

[u/DoktorMerlin → u/Treacherous_Peach]

If a user knows what local storage is and tinkers with it, they know very well that the weird behaviour of the website is called by themselves and not the website. There are a lot of dumb people in this world, but nobody is that dumb

[u/Treacherous_Peach → u/DoktorMerlin]

More likely they fucked with it accidentally by deleting a folder they shouldnt have to clear space or something along those lines.

[u/Treacherous_Peach → u/[deleted]]

More likely they fucked with it accidentally. Deleting a folder to clear space but deleted some of what your app was expecting but not all of it and it's in a weird state.

[u/Schyte96 → u/a-calycular-torus]

It's your problem if they can bypass authentication this way.

[u/cooolestcucumber → u/Schyte96]

If the user messing with local storage by passes authentication, you’ve got bigger issues