[devjab]

Did anyone say that something was wrong with typescript? It’s my preferred language these days, in non-tech enterprise you’ll basically have to use it and since it’s good enough for everything, it’s easy to have small teams that can all work together in one language. This means the frontend developer gets to go on vacation (or call in sick) without bringing a laptop. It also means you can easily share in-house libraries and ask each other for ideas/troubleshooting more easily. And so on, there are obviously downsides as well but over all it’s a joy to work with.

That doesn’t mean I don’t want Rust “people” to work on frontend stuff for Rust. Typescript is good, I like using it, but I’d like to have options. If not for anything else, then for Typescript to take the best parts of Rust and use them.

I don’t personally think we’re going to see a massive shift away from a JavaScript world until someone like Microsoft starts driving the change. The amount of resources they pour into Typescript means it’s not likely to leave my world any time soon. But if it did, and something better came along then I’d be happy, not sad.