If you're using type aliases or type inference you don't have to type out the long type, but when you get the error that you need `Foo<Bar<Baz<...<&Whatever>>>` but you have `Foo<Bar<Baz<...<&&Whatever>>`, you'll still have to spend 20 minutes dealing with it.

I think TS is a special case, since you can "just say no", but in languages with a statically typed runtime/no runtime I try to minimize the amount of <> in a type, even if they're hidden behind a type alias or inference.