typescript is largely a result of solving a non-existent problem. Yeah JS is finicky & has foot-guns, however they're ways around those foot guns that don't inv

typescript is largely a result of solving a non-existent problem. Yeah JS is finicky & has foot-guns, however they're ways around those foot guns that don't involve typescript. Rich Hickey in 10 Years of Clojure & Maybe Not then the Value of Values - lays this out - though not meant at typescript but static types in general. the thing most people don't have proper Javascript fundamentals. Function signatures: JSDoc works Most types - use Maps | Arrays if a value doesn't exist in a map we can ignore it. There's also the safe navigation operator. Instead of mutable objects - there's ways around this too. Negating types again.