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    # Why you should stop using TypeScript?

    Here is why:
    * Feature creep: devs constantly-introduce complex features, even completely unnecessary ones intentionally mixing instances & types
    * It also breaks backward compatibility often
    * Slow compilation & typechecking
    * Weird semantics
    * Typed System doesn't take full advantage of overloading which brings performance in others languages
    * Typed System fails at overloading which brings performance in others languages
    * It has silly bugs
    * Important bugs remain open for years and nobody cares about them
    * Devs constantly-introduce complex features, even completely unnecessary ones intentionally mixing instances & types
    * It also breaks backward compatibility often
    * Zero support for community: Important bugs remain open for years and nobody cares about them
    * Being made by Miscrosoft who are infamous for attempting to lock-in users and dropping their products at will (RIP Atom)

    ## Most important
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    # Why you should stop using TypeScript?

    Here is why:
    * Slow compilation & typechecking
    * Weird semantics
    * Typed System doesn't take full advantage of overloading which brings performance in others languages
    * It has silly bugs
    * Important bugs remain open for years and nobody cares about them
    * Devs constantly-introduce complex features, even completely unnecessary ones intentionally mixing instances & types
    * It also breaks backward compatibility often
    * Being made by Miscrosoft who are infamous for attempting to lock-in users and dropping their products at will (RIP Atom)

    ## Most important
    TypeScript is not best choice. We need a better typed language without all that complexity fuss. May be even Flow would be able to completely replace.

    Just stop using TypeScript.

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    July 2, 2023