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Discussion on: TypeScript is a waste of time. Change my mind.

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Andreas Møller

This article can really be summed up as

"real developers don't need typescript".

This same pattern can be seen every time new languages or Dev tools come out. Some subset of the more experienced community will automatically criticize it.
Bob Martin tells a story about how assembly developers were using the exact same argument when c came out.

"You don't need looping statements any experienced developer can use go-to."

Because typescript is an incredibly disruptive technology it will of cause have the same effect.

I have personally gone through the same cycle several times, most recently with prettier. If I remember correctly my arguments was:

"Something something something less readable"