Brave New Net

by Michael Fürstenberg

Is TypeScript good?

I'm someone who is not a fan of Typescript. But it has gained a lot of traction the last couple of years. And this post by Rachel Smith, who do use typescript, I found interesting.

It tickles my brain in a way I’ve learned to be wary of because whenever I get too clever, I write code that is harder for others (or me, in 6 months) to read. There’s a real dopamine rush from successfully converting a gnarly JS file into a TS one, even though I’ve achieved basically nothing in reality.

Is TypeScript good?