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by Waterluvian 788 days ago
> The idea of strict type-checking for JavaScript is less popular than in 2019.

I’d be shocked to find this to be true. Back then I’d always wonder, “are there typings for this library?” Now I don’t have to.

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By that I think he meant to differentiate Hegel from TypeScript as Hegel being strict, as opposed to TypeScript being what is often described as gradually typed
Oh that makes more sense.
The keyword being "strict". Typescript is more popular than ever, but soundness is not a design goal.