How TypeScript Ruined My Life (In a Good Way)
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Claim is that adopting TypeScript reshapes day to day development by catching API mistakes early and improving tooling and CI at Shopify. Demonstrations convert plain JS functions into typed versions, a formatCurrency demo and a React article image component that becomes an error across the codebase when caption is made required. Notes mention alternatives Flow and Reason, editor hints in VS Code, surprising examples like 37 props and a 10 to 11 prop red flag, advice to avoid any and clever inheritance and accept upfront cost for long term payoffs
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