Comment by Expurple

Checked exceptions don't force you to catch them on every level. You can mark the caller as `throws Exception` just like you can mark the caller as returning `anyhow::Result`. There is no difference in this regard.

If anything, `?` is better for actual "handling". It's explicit and can be questioned in a code review, while checked exceptions auto-propagate quietly, you don't see where it happens and where a local `catch` would be more appropriate. See the "Can you guess" section of the post. It discusses this.