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Since TypeScript does not have immutability by default, I tend to use the `as const` operator liberally. Put another way, I default to using `as const` until it conflicts with my intentions for whatever program I am writing. I also benefit from TypeScript having more information to provide developer experience niceties like editor hinting and auto-complete. However, `as const` only provides type narrowing. It does not provide type-safety on its own. We can restore type-safety by embracing intermediate variables at the cost of noise and loss of developer ergonomics. With the release of the `satisfies` operator, we no longer have to make this tradeoff.