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# Error Handling Patterns
Build resilient applications with robust error handling strategies that gracefully handle failures and provide excellent debugging experiences.
## When to Use This Skill
- Implementing error handling in new features
- Designing error-resilient APIs
- Debugging production issues
- Improving application reliability
- Creating better error messages for users and developers
- Implementing retry and circuit breaker patterns
- Handling async/concurrent errors
- Building fault-tolerant distributed systems
## Core Concepts
### 1. Error Handling Philosophies
**Exceptions vs Result Types:**
- **Exceptions**: Traditional try-catch, disrupts control flow
- **Result Types**: Explicit success/failure, functional approach
- **Error Codes**: C-style, requires discipline
- **Option/Maybe Types**: For nullable values
**When to Use Each:**
- Exceptions: Unexpected errors, exceptional conditions
- Result Types: Expected errors, validation failures
- Panics/Crashes: Unrecoverable errors, programming bugs
### 2. Error Categories
**Recoverable Errors:**
- Network timeouts
- Missing files
- Invalid user input
- API rate limits
**Unrecoverable Errors:**
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rudycity/superagent · 23 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-22 · branch main
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