[SketchySeaBeast]

This metaphor is all wrong. If we're going to stretch cooking, TypeScript is the recipe book. While cooking it seems you would prefer to write "add a bit of something savoury", when you really mean "1 tbsp Worcestershire". TypeScript's greatest strength is in the next person being able to pick up the component and being able to run with it, or you being able to replicate it again in three months.

If you start by just throwing all the crap you want into a pot and afterwards try to remember what you added and how long you cooked it for of course it's going to be a lot of extra work. TypeScript requires a methodical approach which over the long run makes it easier for the entire kitchen.