I kinda dislike dealing with the configuration too but it's there for a reason; because one size doesn't fit all. Then again, it's not a major pain point for me

I kinda dislike dealing with the configuration too but it's there for a reason; because one size doesn't fit all. Then again, it's not a major pain point for me as long as I stick to the defaults. And deferring the transpiling to the browser won't really accomplish much, except increase load time for all users. I'm currently working on a project with ~500KLOC of typescript, and transpiling it takes about 15 seconds on my devbox. It's still a bit too slow for my taste but I don't think there is a technical quick fix for this kind of stuff, rather it's a tale about a project which started small, organically grew larger over time, and would in many ways benefit from a clearer structure with clear dependencies.