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by cunningfatalist 1101 days ago
He's got a point. TypeScript alleviates some pain, but I still feel like JS is not a great language. I have some nostalgic love for it because I used to be "the JavaScript guy" at the beginning of my career. But ever since I started using TS and Go, using Vanilla JS feels like fighting code smells and complexity all the time. At the same time, I acknowledge and appreciate how much JS has improved.