[HN Gopher] TypeScript 6.0 RC
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       TypeScript 6.0 RC
        
       Author : johnz
       Score  : 55 points
       Date   : 2026-03-06 20:21 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (devblogs.microsoft.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (devblogs.microsoft.com)
        
       | culi wrote:
       | For anyone who isn't aware, TypeScript does not use semantic
       | versioning.
       | 
       | Though TypeScript 7.0 will be significant in that it will use the
       | new Go compiler
        
       | pscanf wrote:
       | As a user, I'm of course very excited about v7. As a developer of
       | an app that _integrates_ TypeScript, however, I feel a bit uneasy
       | seeing the API feature still marked as "not ready" on the
       | roadmap.
       | 
       | On the other hand, I can understand leaving it as the last thing
       | to do, after the foundation has set. Also, the TypeScript team
       | has really done an amazing job all these years with backward
       | compatibility, so that is extremely reassuring.
       | 
       | Maybe my uneasiness is just impatience to get to use the sped-up
       | version in my app as well! :)
        
         | tanepiper wrote:
         | FWIW I tried it with the VSCode preview in two monorepos we
         | have - one frontend and one backend GraphQL servers with
         | complex types - absolutely no issues (except one breaking
         | change in tsconfig with baseUrl being removed) and fast compile
         | times.
        
           | silverstream wrote:
           | Same experience here with a pnpm workspace monorepo. The
           | baseUrl removal was the only real friction -- we were using
           | it as a path alias root, had to move everything to subpath
           | imports.                 The moduleResolution: node
           | deprecation is the one I'd flag for anyone not paying
           | attention yet. Switching to nodenext forced us to add .js
           | extensions to all             relative imports, which was a
           | bigger migration than expected.            Compilation speed
           | improvement is real though. Noticeably faster on incremental
           | builds.
        
       | tmaly wrote:
       | I had no idea they were using Go to write a compiler.
        
       | alembic_fumes wrote:
       | > strict is now true by default
       | 
       | I would still have a full head of hair if this had been the case
       | since the beginning. Nonetheless I am glad that we got here in
       | the end.
        
         | steve_adams_86 wrote:
         | I came to point that out too. What an awesome development. I
         | think this will have a meaningful impact on the general quality
         | of TS projects over the coming years.
        
         | 369548684892826 wrote:
         | Just use deno
        
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