How this guy got DOOM running purely in TypeScript Types

Scott and Wes sit down with Dimitri Metropolis to explore the wild edges of TypeScript—from running Doom in the type system to building tools like Typeslayer. They dig into Turing-complete types, performance limits, and what the future might hold for TypeScript and programming languages as a whole. 🔥 Be the ~18,300th person to join our super tasty newsletter https://bit.ly/syntax_snackpack 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:27 Dimitri Metropolis Introduction 01:29 What is Doom in TypeScript? 03:10 TypeScript Types and Turing Completeness 04:06 Project Overview and Challenges 04:57 ASCII Art and Visual Representation 06:50 Performance Issues with TypeScript 09:27 Brought to you by Sentry.io 09:51 Typeslayer Tool Introduction 16:19 Building in Tauri 20:54 Challenges around packaging 24:03 Future of TypeScript and AI 27:40 Is the Go-based compiler significantly faster? 30:23 Should there be something to follow Typescript? 36:27 Staying up to date with WASM. 37:08 SquiggleConf Overview 38:26 Hosting a conference 40:45 What are your thoughts on Zig? 45:07 Vibe coding as an end goal 50:01 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs All links available at https://syntax.fm/969 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: https://x.com/syntaxfm Scott: https://x.com/stolinski Wes: https://x.com/wesbos CJ: https://x.com/CodingGarden Randy: https://www.youtube.com/@randyrektor http://www.syntax.fm Brought to you by Sentry.io #typescript #doom #webdevelopment #webdeveloper #javascript #syntax #syntaxfm #webdev