Turn async values and errors into tuples. https://www.npmjs.com/package/safe-try

try_.ts

// Also available on NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/safe-try

// By @typeofweb 2024
// License: MIT

type PromiseToTupleResult<T> = [Error, null] | [null, Awaited<T>];
export const try_ = async <T extends Promise<unknown>>(
	promise: T,
): Promise<PromiseToTupleResult<T>> => {
	try {
		const result = await promise;
		return [null, result];
	} catch (maybeError) {
		// You could change the logic here to handle errors in a more sophisticated way maybe?
		const error = maybeError instanceof Error ? maybeError : new Error(String(maybeError));
		return [error, null];
	}
};

// usage
const [result, error] = await try_(asyncMightFail());