[sdegutis]

Yes, I use TypeScript types very idiomatically and have received very positive feedback on my TypeScript code. But just running `tsc` takes >10 seconds on a relatively small project, and IDE support is becoming proportionately slow, e.g. hovering over anything to show its type often takes 5-10 seconds before VS Code will actually have something to show me. It's becoming painful, and that feature which I once heavily relied on has become nearly useless to me.

[chaostheory]

Is the time spent compiling drastically more than the time spent debugging code because of the lack of types? A few seconds of compiling is because than the potential hours wasted on debugging. Besides, you can mitigate compile times by getting a faster computer. Silicon time is still way cheaper than carbon time.

[sdegutis]

It's not just "seconds wasted in compiling". It's having my IDE say "thinking..." for 3-10 seconds every time I want to see what type something is. Or having create-react-app load for 5-15 seconds, every time I save any file before letting my browser update (even if I press refresh manually), because it's compiling. And when this happens on a minute-by-minute basis, it drastically slows down development time.