I agree, but I do wonder why the knee jerk reaction is "I'm not going to need it". The setup cost is basically zero! If TypeScript offers any benefit at all, why _not_ use it, since the benefits will come at near zero cost?

> since the benefits will come at near zero cost?

Maybe if you already have learned TS, otherwise there is a huge cost to learning it.

Sure but my gripe is with those who already use TS