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Ha, it's funny to hear him say that about TypeScript being a bloat back then. I remember that sentiment too, like it was just extra noise on top of perfectly good JavaScript.
He's really hitting on that initial developer resistance. It felt like a lot of extra work for something that didn't seem immediately necessary, especially with how fluid JavaScript felt.
That Angular experience in 2017 must have been rough if it left such a bad impression! It's relatable how a single bad encounter can create long-lasting skepticism about a technology.

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The speaker begins by recounting the initial skepticism surrounding TypeScript in the React community four years ago [0:00]. Developers then viewed it as an unnecessary bloat on "beautiful functional JavaScript" [0:05], a sentiment he shared after a negative experience with it in an Angular project in 2017 [0:15]. This initial reluctance highlights a common developer resistance to adopting new, seemingly complex technologies that promise structure over perceived freedom.
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The speaker begins by recounting the initial skepticism surrounding TypeScript in the React community four years ago [0:00]. Developers then viewed it as an unnecessary bloat on "beautiful functional JavaScript" [0:05], a sentiment he shared after a negative experience with it in an Angular project in 2017 [0:15]. This initial reluctance highlights a common developer resistance to adopting new, seemingly complex technologies that promise structure over perceived freedom.
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