Thank you! How well would this work with an editor and typescript plugins? Say the amazing typescript-atom, I would guess the editor would crap its pants, no?
declare var somelib: any;
Editors have no problem with it. They will simply see it as an "any" var. Completely compatible.
I wrote quite a bit of TS and this was how I used most obscure libraries. I can't be arsed to keep those stupid .d.ts files up to date and I trust the API docs. It's my own code I wanted to vet. Works like a charm.
Judicious use of declare var any, and ignoring compiler errors, is what really makes TS reality-compatible.