https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/elm/ Recent content in Elm on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-09-12-elm-vs-purescript-vs-rescript-2026-comparison/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-09-12-elm-vs-purescript-vs-rescript-2026-comparison/ <h2 id="your-typescript-build-is-slow-and-your-types-are-lying">Your TypeScript Build Is Slow and Your Types Are Lying</h2> <p>A function returns <code>undefined</code> at runtime despite a return type of <code>string</code>. A refactor across 400 files takes nine minutes of CI. A dependency bump silently changes inferred types in three packages you do not own. TypeScript is a massive improvement over untyped JavaScript, but everyone who has shipped a large frontend has hit the same wall: the types are advisory, <code>any</code> leaks in from dependencies, and the compiler&rsquo;s speed is bounded by the JavaScript ecosystem it lives in.</p>