I write a lot about TypeScript and I enjoy the benefits it gives me in my daily work a lot. But I have a confession to make, I don’t really like writing types or type annotations. I’m really happy that TypeScript can infer so much out of my usage when writing regular JavaScript so I’m not bothered writing anything extra.
That’s how I write TypeScript in general: I write regular JavaScript, and where TypeScript needs extra information, I happily add some extra annotations. One condition: I don’t want to be bothered maintaining types. I rather create types that can update themselves if their dependencies or surroundings change. I call this approach creating low maintenance types.
