Looks like a competitor/alternative to Smithy, https://smithy.io/2.0/index.html. Since at least one person from the TypeSpec team is here, do you have any thoughts on how they compare?
This was my thought too - since smithy is already out there and used in a similar domain, it would be useful to have a comparison. “Doesn’t have Kotlin and Gradle all over the show” seems like a significant advantage in favour of TypeSpec.