David Heinemeier Hansson's decision to remove TypeScript from his Turbo framework has sparked heated debate in the web dev community over dynamic vs static typing approaches.

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TypeScript support has been removed from Turbo Framework. The move has sparked backlash among many Turbo users and contributors. Critics argue that removing TypeScript is a step backwards that will break existing code dependent on TypeScript types. Hansson has defended his position on preferring vanilla JavaScript over TypeScript.

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Eventually we don’t need TypeScript because JavaScript will have typed options. But who knows how long this will take
<a href="https://dev.to/smpnjn/types-may-finally-be-coming-to-javascript-56a2" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://dev.to/smpnjn/types-may-finally-be-coming-to-javascript-56a2</a>

I always love these github maintainers that decide what they want as what everyone wants. Had an issue with installing nodejs on ubuntu because the owner of that installer wanted nodejs to not be able to be used on root, even if you needed it to.
I always love these ‘geniuses’ who somehow know what the customer wants and what’s best for them… defeating the point of open source.

Open Source failed a long time ago