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TS and Elm were included in a "Don't have static type checking" section, alongside Flow, ReasonML, and a blank space for all the others. The point I was going for was that there are numerous options for static type checking for the web out there.

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Sure, but I still don’t think they’re equivalent. Not all type systems are created equal, and TS has to work under a wildly different set of constraints (like escape hatches) than Elm does.

It's hard for me to tell if your account is a joke or not because of the "yakshaving" part, so I'll respond as if it isn't.

I totally agree with you! I can't say that conversation belongs alongside this post, though.

I appreciate that you assumed good faith. For what it’s worth, “yak shaving” is an analogy to what programmers often find themselves spending their time doing.

https://seths.blog/2005/03/dont_shave_that/

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