[remorses]

The creator of SWC [0] is working on a faster compiler alternative in Rust, so there is still hope for a faster compilation speed in the future

[0] https://github.com/swc-project/swc

[IshKebab]

SWC doesn't do type checking, which means 99% of the work is just stripped type annotations. That's why it's fast.

[moogly]

It will, which is what the grandparent is talking about. https://github.com/swc-project/swc/issues/571

[IshKebab]

Ah very neat. Didn't know about that! Though I would be very surprised and impressed if that effort actually succeeds.