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And it doesn't hurt that the TypeScript team is so great. We've seen some public apologies from the Flow team on this topic so I don't feel like I'm talking behind anyone's back if I say they ended up truly not being up to the task of being what TypeScript is today.

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Any links to their apologies? I don't understand why they apologized.

I presume they're referring to https://medium.com/flow-type/clarity-on-flows-direction-and-...

yes exactly.

The only other context I'll add is for people shipping Flow that I knew at the time they felt that this announcement felt like it came about two years too late. I had already switched to TypeScript long before because, in part, of the things they're apologizing for in that article which were evident long before being said out loud. I say that with great reverence and respect for the people that worked so hard on Flow, by the way, but that's the situation I experienced.

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