I Dislike TypeScript Because I've Never Maintained JavaScript Before

As a guy new to the field of computer science, having written my first hello world program in 2020, I've had the luxury of not dealing with the awkward phase of using JavaScript between ES5 and ES6. I never had the opportunity to truly hate JavaScript because the initial groundwork had been made to improve and streamline the language. Syntax such as class and async/await from my viewpoint were just staples of the language that had always existed. In my own journey I stopped using JavaScript for any major project I had in 2023. This occurred after I spent 4 hours debugging a Chrome extension I was developing. I realised all the issues I was having could have been solved by having a good linter and type checking. Typescript is the main programming language at work, and so I spend most of my time writing it. I have grown to dislike the language as it does not provide the same programming ergonomics I had grown accustomed to from languages such as Rust and Gleam. It often feels like…