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EVERYTHING SHOULD BE TYPED: SCALAR TYPES ARE NOT ENOUGH
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Relying only on scalar types creates subtle semantic bugs that bypass compilers because they cannot distinguish between different domain concepts, a risk not fully mitigated even by grouping parameters into structs. The solution is to wrap every meaningful domain concept in a distinct "newtype," ensuring the compiler enforces semantic correctness and leading to safer, self-documenting code with compile-time validation.