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0 pointsporknubbins3y ago0 comments

I don’t know but my experience with TypeScript is it is the C++ of type systems- it wants to have all possible features and caters to the demands of the most sophisticated users at the expense of the 99%. I also enjoy using simple TS like I like to write simple C++.

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andrewstuart3y ago

I wonder if maybe the TypeScript team should have stopped at some point and said "no more, we're just making complex now!".

The Wizards Of TypeScript seem to be implementing ever more obscure use cases with ever more diminishing returns in terms of the number of programmers who will ever use those advanced features.

What happens when you have a fully funded development team at Microsoft, who actually finished the job long ago? They just keep developing, ad infinitum.

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