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I came here to make a similar point, the author states:

"TypeScript is not the answer. Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say it is the answer to a different problem."

And I think that's a valid point. TypeScript is an answer to the problem of developing and maintaining a large body of JavaScript code. JavaScript alone is pretty good for small scripting tasks and TypeScript is similarly too much overhead for small tasks.

But TypeScript does nothing to fix the "JavaScript minefield" which is what the author thinks needs to be solved.