I think, if you write server code / command line apps. It is better to choose for Javascript over Typescript, so you don't have the translation, and you know th

I think, if you write server code / command line apps. It is better to choose for Javascript over Typescript, so you don't have the translation, and you know the system where you running on, and you can build for that Node version. Typescript makes it indeed too complex, keep it simple with just Node.js without a build step, or use indeed another language like Go or Rust.