I disagree - Javascript's issues are not just its lack of type safety. Even with Typescript you're dealing with the disastrous state of NPM/configuration/linte

I disagree - Javascript's issues are not just its lack of type safety. Even with Typescript you're dealing with the disastrous state of NPM/configuration/linters/formatters/libraries -- all of which are firmly Javascript-esque plagues (though not exclusively Javascript plagues).