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Personal blog · seg.phault.net/blogprogrammingweb

Phaultlines is a personal blog at seg.phault.net about programming and web. Since 2014, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Using TypeScript's type checking in vanilla JavaScript without transpiling”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.

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4mentions?
4HN people?
2014–2019first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2017

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for a post on using TypeScript annotations without the TS compiler or cluttered syntax, and for a 2000 comparison of the PlayStation 2 and the PC.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Using TypeScript's type checking in vanilla JavaScript without transpiling
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-10-09

What Hacker News says?

  1. i recently learned you can actually have typescript annotations without [imo] polluting the syntax or requiring the TS compiler: http://seg.phault.net/blog/2017/10/typescript-without-transp... does anyone know if there are limitations to this style?

    Comment linking /blog/2017/10/typescript-without-transpiling/

    on “When to Use TypeScript – A Detailed Guide Through Common Scenarios”
  2. Submitted Typescript with vanilla JavaScript comments as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  3. Ryan Paul. http://seg.phault.net/

    Comment linking /

    on “The PlayStation2 vs. the PC (2000)”
  4. Submitted Using TypeScript's type checking in vanilla JavaScript without transpiling as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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