Joonas Bergius • 6/9/2021

Coding pattern: preventing the use of '0 results' as a loading indicator

The article criticizes the poor user experience of displaying '0 results' as a loading indicator, arguing it misleads users. It provides real-world examples from Google Drive and Windows, explains why developers fall into this pattern, and highlights the compounded issue of missing error handling. It concludes by proposing a technical solution using a TypeScript Result wrapper to force explicit handling of loading and error states.

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#user experience #error handling #frontend development