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Text Highlight2026-07-18 16:23:08
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"vite/client provides the following type shims"
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Wait, does that mean I need to add vite/client to my tsconfig or just import it?
Text Highlight2026-07-18 13:20:08
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"Vite only performs transpilation on .ts files and does NOT perform type checking"
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Yeah that catches everyone off guard, I always forget type errors until CI fails.
Text Highlight2026-07-18 13:11:08
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"Vite only performs transpilation on .ts files and does NOT perform type checking"
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So does that mean I need to add tsc separately or is my IDE enough?
Text Highlight2026-07-18 10:17:08
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"Native ES imports do not support bare module imports"
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I remember hitting this wall with a vanilla JS project once. Painful.
Text Highlight2026-07-18 10:08:08
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"Native ES imports do not support bare module imports"
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Bare imports are so convenient though, annoying they don't just work.
Text Highlight2026-07-18 09:59:08
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"Native ES imports do not support bare module imports"
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So that's why we need bundlers in the first place, huh.
Text Highlight2026-07-17 10:17:02
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"During development, Vite assumes that a modern browser is used."
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Guess that means I can't test on IE11 without extra setup, but who cares about IE in 2025 anyway?
Text Highlight2026-07-17 10:08:02
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"During development, Vite assumes that a modern browser is used."
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This is why I love Vite — no more polyfill soup locally, just ship modern and fix prod.
Text Highlight2026-07-17 09:59:02
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"During development, Vite assumes that a modern browser is used."
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So if someone's stuck on an old browser, dev mode just breaks for them? Good to know.
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