@GustavoSilva whats your rationale for TS?

C++ is an obvious candidate.

Java is dying and I don't see a good reason for it not do die.

Typescript is my favorite "underdog". It is Javascript with types or, in other words, a type-safe version of the language used by browsers and many backend servers.

Sure, it is very low in Tiobe index today, but personally it's my favorite language for almost all projects (excluding Python). It currently ranks 5 in Stack Overflow 2024 survey: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology/.

Tiobe index is not a great indicator in terms of what is actually most popular among developers, as it bases its scores in search engine keyword popularity. So the question is if Typescript can ever rank higher there... I believe it can now that Node.js introduced experimental out of the box support for Typescript: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/53725.

Betting typescript down from 6pct -- currently only has 0.3% on Tiobe many years after it's release.