Find the minimum item of an array by given key

JavaScript version

const minBy = (arr, key) => arr.reduce((a, b) => (a[key] < b[key] ? a : b), {});

TypeScript version

const minBy = <T extends Record<string, any>, K extends keyof T>(arr: T[], key: K): T => (
    arr.reduce((a, b) => (a[key] < b[key] ? a : b), {} as T)
);

Example

const people = [
    { name: 'Bar', age: 24 },
    { name: 'Baz', age: 32 },
    { name: 'Foo', age: 42 },
    { name: 'Fuzz', age: 36 },
];
minBy(people, 'age'); // { name: 'Bar', age: 24 }