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You don't have to provide complete types. If you know what you need to access, and what type to expect (you darn well should!), you only have to tell TypeScript about those specific properties and values.

Generally, the conveniences of allowing any are swamped by the mess it accumulates in a typical team.

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Agreed; with 3rd party APIs I type down to the level of the properties I actually need. And when I use a property but don't care what the type is, I use `unknown`. That will throw an error if the type matters, in which case, you can probably figure out what's needed. Although I agree with the article that sometimes fudging the rules is acceptable, it's extremely rare that a 3rd party API is so difficult it's worthwhile. And enforcing `any` as an error means you have to be very intentional in disabling the linter rule for a particular line if that really is the best option.

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