« BackShow HN: ts-blank-space – fast TypeScript type-stripperbloomberg.github.ioSubmitted by tchetwin 3 days ago
  • joshstrange 3 days ago

    I assume this is named (also) as reference to Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space”? If so, very clever.

    • aclaymore 3 days ago

      Hi, I'm the author of ts-blank-space and happy to answer any questions you have :wave:

      • matt-attack 3 days ago

        So is the idea that you would run a normal compiler once in your production pipeline to check syntax, and then re-run it with ts-blank-space to generate the final bundle?

        Clearly you can’t eliminate the syntax checking correct?

        • aclaymore 2 days ago

          Yes and the TypeScript ASTs generated while checking the code can be re-used when then running ts-blank-space to generate the JavaScript. Only generating the ASTs once is a significant performance win as this work takes much longer than the type-stripping work.