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title: "Comment by Maxi Contieri on \"Truthy and Falsy Values Explained\" | Hashnode"
description: "Great article! Watch out for these techniques since treating non booleans as booleans is a code smell. https://maximilianocontieri.com/code-smell-69-big-bang-ja"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/truthy-and-falsy-values-explained/60affeef9b1e2e1dccbcb915/comment/60b015605c02001765cf4cc7"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/truthy-and-falsy-values-explained/60affeef9b1e2e1dccbcb915)

Comment [Truthy and Falsy Values Explained](https://hashnode.com/posts/truthy-and-falsy-values-explained/60affeef9b1e2e1dccbcb915)

[Maxi Contieri](https://hashnode.com/@mcsee)

[May 27, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/truthy-and-falsy-values-explained/60affeef9b1e2e1dccbcb915/comment/60b015605c02001765cf4cc7)

Great article!

Watch out for these techniques since treating non booleans as booleans is a code smell.

[maximilianocontieri.com/code-smell-69-big-bang-ja…](https://maximilianocontieri.com/code-smell-69-big-bang-javascript-ridiculous-castings)

[Coner Murphy](https://hashnode.com/@conermurphy)

[May 30, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/truthy-and-falsy-values-explained/60affeef9b1e2e1dccbcb915/comment/60b015605c02001765cf4cc7#reply-60b34c1f9b1e2e1dccbd056a)

Hi Maxi,

Glad you enjoyed the post. :)

Thank you for sharing your post, I'll check it and give it a read. 😀