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Didn't realize how difficult it was to get started with TypeScript compared to Flow. With Flow it has decent defaults so an empty `.flowconfig` is enough to get started. Having to install type definitions for Node in TS was another hurdle. In Flow they're built in.

Can someone help me figure out how to get Node definitions in TS working? I installed @types/node and it successfully installed, and TS picks it up. But using `require("fs")` is still `any`? The @types/node definitions deliberately type `require` as always returning `any`.

How am I supposed to import Node built-ins safely? I've googled "TypeScript with Node.js" and none of the guides cover this, or is it just meant to work and I'm doing something wrong?

import { readFile } from 'fs'

Ahhh TS forces you to use ES modules for CJS? I deliberately avoid it because interop standards aren't consistent. This feels like another potentially large breaking change that is going to hold TS back.

Disagree with that. I feel like it's the other way around. CJS can't die soon enough so that we can use the same module system in node and the browser