ok, I see the issue, the tsconfig I was inheriting from (node12) sets strict: true, which does not pass in this case
specifically, it seems that this fails because strict implies strictNullChecks, and given that this type is nullable it won't pass (if I cast it as { [name: string] : string } it's ok)
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ok, I see the issue, the tsconfig I was inheriting from (node12) sets strict: true, which does not pass in this case
specifically, it seems that this fails because strict implies strictNullChecks, and given that this type is nullable it won't pass (if I cast it as
{ [name: string] : string }it's ok)