---
title: "Type Inference Was a Mistake"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/type-inference-was-a-mistake-pvao0iv0c
source_url: https://borretti.me/article/type-inference-was-a-mistake
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2024-03-30T17:42:52.213Z
updated: 2025-07-28T02:20:18.039Z
tags: ["ocaml", "type-systems"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Type Inference Was a Mistake

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Type inference in programming languages can make code less readable and harder to write. In some languages like OCaml, type inference can lead to errors that are difficult to locate.

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