> Something that's gaining popularity and what I'm trying lately is using JS + jsdoc annotations more thoroughly, which gives the niceties of TS (when using vsc

> Something that's gaining popularity and what I'm trying lately is using JS + jsdoc annotations more thoroughly, which gives the niceties of TS (when using vscode) without the downsides and heavy compilation step I'm a big fan of this as well. Webstorm also supports it. It feels like the right balance to me, as it gives me a heads up when things don't match, but doesn't require that I go through the tedium that TS imposes once it touches a project.