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>But all of this doesn’t come without a price for someone that, like me, is a heavy user of the ctrl+space code completion features of both Xcode and Android Studio.

What about using Visual Studio Code with the compiler set on 'checkJs'? I've just started using TypeScript and I don't think I can ever go back to raw JS.

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Same. I evangelize TypeScript whenever I can. I don't think I'll ever be as efficient in JavaScript as I am in TypeScript, now that I've tried it. Granted, it has its quirks, but (especially when writing React) it's invaluable to me.

How does typescript compare to flow? I'd love to see a comparison with pros n cons. I haven't tried either yet and I'm curious if you have any recommendations re resources to read.

Just wait for the next job where they will put you to maintain old angulajs1 app..

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