I, too, find tools hard to use after I intentionally break them. It's unfortunate that Typescript even provides this casting hack, though it's necessary for gr

I, too, find tools hard to use after I intentionally break them. It's unfortunate that Typescript even provides this casting hack, though it's necessary for gradual, optional typing. The very first thing I would do on such a project is spend the time to fix those broken types, because it will pay back in full in productivity after a short time.