You can do tsc -> esnext syntax -> Babel -> whatever, though it's a pain to set up. I do agree on the extra stuff beyond types (enums, etc) being a mistake tha

You can do tsc -> esnext syntax -> Babel -> whatever, though it's a pain to set up. I do agree on the extra stuff beyond types (enums, etc) being a mistake that Typescript would be better off deprecating at some point.