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Forced Typescript, not thinking about what runtime I’m installing the package to, and automatically generated documentation sounds pretty compelling.

If they can make it happen without me having to do anything other than publish my existing TS code anyway.

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I worked on a project with "forced typescript" and poor code review practices (since fixed). It ended up with overuse of `any` and all the same problems you run into in a pure JS codebase. I had to fix most of that which was a massive undertaking. Whoever wants to (and knows how to) use typescript already use it without being forced to. I don't think other people will benefit from that at all.

Eh, I feel like there’s some part of the JS community that gets a kick out of snubbing Typescript entirely, so when I import those packages I get to provide my own types. I just don’t want to facilitate that, so a ‘TS only’ repository would save me the trouble.

Like, it’s not a huge issue, but I just don’t want to spens the time thinking about that stuff.

I don't understand. It you don't want to use packages without types, cannot you do just that already? I guess if you have to use package without typing it's because no good alternative with typings exists, which I'm not sure how creating a separate community will help with

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