[bezier-curve]

Typescript is safer JS. You're still using JS with TS. The "bolted on" phrasing makes me think your issue may be more the absence of more opinionated frameworks like Django, that manage everything out of the box. I love using Django, but it's a little harder to go off the beaten path with it.

[hot_gril]

"Bolted on" is how I'd describe it too. Using TS means messing a lot more with random config files. And standard tools like the NodeJS profiler don't work with TS, which hopefully will change soon.

I've never used Django. Express seems a lot nicer.

[gaptoothclan]

My phrasing there was a direct comparison of developer experience between golang and nodejs. Golang has a very complete core library, I try to avoid frameworks as much as possible. For me I rarely have to think about the language or ecosystem, everything I want or need is already part of the language, testing, linting are some great examples