Using RxJS with filter(Boolean) for queries?

Yes, they are the same.

   console.log(typeof Boolean); // prints function   console.log(Boolean.prototype.constructor("truthy")); // prints true   console.log(Boolean === Boolean.prototype.constructor); // prints true

The Boolean global reference points to the constructor function which returns a boolean value from the first argument.

The constructor can be used to create a boolean wrapper object, but it is not the same as the primitive true value.

    console.log(new Boolean("truthy")); // prints an object.    console.log(new Boolean("truthy").valueOf() === true); // prints true    console.log((new Boolean("truthy")) === true); // prints false    console.log(Boolean("truthy") === true); // prints true

Reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Boolean

They achieve the same result in that you don't get undefined values in your subscription.

The difference is that you lose Type Inference when using filter(Boolean)

const query = 'the query';of(query).  pipe(     filter(Boolean)  ).subscribe(val); // val here is of type 'Any'of(query).  pipe(     filter(Boolean)  ).subscribe((val: string)); // we can infer it back to string laterof(query).   pipe(      filter(v=> v!== undefined)   ).subscribe(val); // val here is of type 'string'