<ul><li>Both 'any' and generic 'T' in TypeScript mean 'could be any kind of type', but there is a significant difference.</li><li>'any' is never constrained, while generic 'T' is always under constraint somewhere.</li><li>Example with generic 'T': 'T' is under constraint, specifying that 'stuff' can only be of 'T' type, and the return type can only be an array of 'T'.</li><li>Example with 'any': 'any' is not constrained by anything, allowing code to be valid even if it doesn't achieve the initial goal.</li></ul>

T vs any in TypeScript

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