I haven't played with Elm, but my experience with ReasonML matches yours. I made some small but non-trivial side projects to learn ReasonML and TypeScript, and

I haven't played with Elm, but my experience with ReasonML matches yours. I made some small but non-trivial side projects to learn ReasonML and TypeScript, and not only is ReasonML's type system vastly more satisfying, I actually found it much easier to learn (coming from JavaScript) than TypeScript is! https://reasonml.github.io/ https://reasonml.github.io/