A full-stack developer encountered deployment issues with a TypeScript backend project using Node.js and Vercel, spending two days debugging before finding a simple fix using tsup. The key takeaway is that while tools like tsc are useful for development, they may not produce deployable output, especially when dealing with ESM in Node.js; specialized bundlers like tsup are more reliable for production builds.
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