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Will JavaScript type annotations kill TypeScript?
The creators of Svelte and Turbo 8 both dropped TS recently saying that "it's not worth it".
Yes: If JavaScript gets type annotations then there's no reason for TypeScript to exist.
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No: TypeScript remains the best language for structuring large enterprise applications.
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TBD: The existing user base and its corpensource owner means that TypeScript isn’t likely to reach EOL without a putting up a fight.
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I hope they both die. I mean, if you really need strong types in the browser then you could leverage WASM and use a real programming language.
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I don’t know and I don’t care.
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Addison Huddy
Addison Huddy

Addison Huddy is a group product manager at Confluent focused on Kafka’s core components. Prior to Confluent, he held product roles at Pivotal and was an Apache committer. He started his career building data systems at Visa. Addison holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master of Science in computer science from Georgia Tech. Most mornings, you will find him riding on Zwift.