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Re:How we failed, then succeeded, at migrating to TypeScript by zachrose on Sunday October 13, 2019 @03:14PM (#21242271)
If you want the quiet syntax of CoffeeScript and even better type safety than TypeScript, you might be interested in Elm.

https://guide.elm-lang.org/

Re:How we failed, then succeeded, at migrating to TypeScript by AriaMinaei on Sunday October 13, 2019 @03:29PM (#21242373)
I love Elm. Never got to use it in production though. Can't afford to get even further from the metal :)
Re:How we failed, then succeeded, at migrating to TypeScript by The_rationalist on Sunday October 13, 2019 @05:46PM (#21243329)
Elm is not compatible with js library or at least it's not seamless.
Re:How we failed, then succeeded, at migrating to TypeScript by zachrose on Monday October 14, 2019 @10:18PM (#21255011)
Yeah well, sometimes js library isn’t compatible with js library either