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Rob Palmer on X: "Node excitement πŸ˜‰ This is the first ever Node LTS release to have TypeScript support available by default πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ No opt-in flag. No warning message. It just works. @satanacchio is the MVP on this one. He worked for a year to get this done, building consensus & shipping code."

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    Node excitement πŸ˜‰ This is the first ever Node LTS release to have TypeScript support available by default πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ No opt-in flag. No warning message. It just works.

    @satanacchio

    is the MVP on this one. He worked for a year to get this done, building consensus & shipping code.

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    Node.js v22.18.0 is out πŸŽ‰ Type stripping is enabled by default πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ You can just run `node file.ts` without `--experimental-strip-types` flag. nodejs.org/en/blog/releas…

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    Node excitement πŸ˜‰ Congrats to

    @satanacchio

    on today's landmark Node 22.18 release. It is the first LTS release to ship unflagged TypeScript support πŸŽ‰ This means Node can run *.ts files. It pairs well with TypeScript's "erasableSyntaxOnly" flag πŸ‘ Many folk contributed πŸ™

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    How long do you think it will take for browsers to run typescript natively? I made this prediction 3-4 years ago, and everyone was telling me it will never happen, and here we are, node already running ts without issues. I predict browsers will be next