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		duped on Feb 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing JavaScript without a build system The problem with build systems isn't the existence of a build step but the necessity of the build system and its configuration. Typescript is baffling-ly complex to use compared to something like python.

eterm on Feb 16, 2023 | [–]

> tsc build

What's complex about that?

schemescape on Feb 17, 2023 | | [–]

To be fair, tsconfig.json has a ton of options, and you often can’t just use the defaults. It’s necessarily complex, unfortunately.

wizzard0 on Feb 17, 2023 | [–]

python runtime is great. bites back with the dependency versioning though

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