TypeScript does not provide the type safety it claims to offer

TypeScript's type system provides a false sense of security. The transpiler cannot truly know type information due to JavaScript's dynamic nature, and empirical research shows TypeScript code contains equal or more bugs than JavaScript code, with longer bug fix times.

Sources

• https://gist.github.com/MarcelCutts/f90d14cfc11dcfae567375aac960617a
• https://www.stxnext.com/blog/typescript-pros-cons-javascript
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvt5JNUXXLM
• https://dev.to/idleman/the-problem-with-typescript-and-its-practices-5fc

Collection History