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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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Bhawna Singh
Bhawna Singh

Bhawna Singh is a senior technology executive with more than 20 years of experience in successfully building and leading talented teams of engineers to transform and scale technology for a global user base. As senior vice president of engineering at Okta, Singh heads Okta Customer Identity Cloud's (formerly Auth0) globally located 300+ engineering team. Singh is responsible for the company's high resiliency and security posture and frequently connects with its global customer base to build deep trust through the technology strategy of building highly scalable and stable Auth0 products. Singh is also responsible for scanning the threat landscape for Customer Identity Cloud while leading product and platform security efforts.