If Typescript is javascript with types bolted on, Rescript is javascript with types the way it should have been. Sound types with low complexity. https://rescript-lang.org/
That syntax is so alien to me as a JS/TS developer. I mean coffeescript was as well until JS slowly introduced it all.
It would be cruel for me to force ReScript onto the team because they'd all need to reskill. I could only use it for a private project and then hire exclusively for it afterwards
Really, that is surprising to hear. There are a couple of differences but most of the syntax looks the same to me, what part do you find alien?
The reskill problem is of similiar difficulty with learning a new framework I think. Especially because the language is rather simple compared to typescript (which is also its strength).
I do understand it is an uphill battle. The whole nobody get's fired for choosing IBM thing. The language is still unproven in the general perception. I do think that when it comes to libraries and frameworks I see a lot of developers choose new unproven stuff, more then they do languages.
It would be cruel for me to force ReScript onto the team because they'd all need to reskill. I could only use it for a private project and then hire exclusively for it afterwards