Docs: Write blog post on the history of ban-types, {}, and object/Object

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

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Suggested Changes

One of the particularly exciting changes in our upcoming v8 version is us finally fixing up messaging around the {} (empty object type). It's long been a contentious part of the ban-types rule:

• On the one hand, {} is a confusing type that a lot of TS devs get tripped up over
• On the other hand, there are legitimate use cases for it, and banning it outright is too string

We think we've reached a good compromise for v8 with the combination of:

• For {}, splitting out a dedicated no-empty-object-type rule: Enhancement: [ban-types] Split the {} ban into a separate, better-phrased rule #8700 -> feat(eslint-plugin): split no-empty-object-type out from ban-types and no-empty-interfaces #8977
• For the remaining uses of (a) configurable types and (b) uppercase aliases like Number, splitting out a couple of rules: Enhancement: [ban-types] Split into default-less no-restricted-types and more targeted type ban rule(s) #8978 -> feat(eslint-plugin): replace ban-types with no-restricted-types, no-unsafe-function-type, no-wrapper-object-types #9102

This has been a long journey with lots of discussion (#8700 is just one of many!). It seems ripe for a blog post to me!

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Affected URL(s)

https://typescript-eslint.io/blog/*

Note that if this is accepted, I think a member of our team should write the post. It's not something an external contributor could easily do. Blog posts are tricky.

[Josh-Cena]

Yes, I think there's a lot of room for education here in the blog post...