That I need a ton of libs, frameworks and tools to create a todo app.
Agreed but I feel like this is the case for any language.
You don't. The todo app is a handy example because you have the CRUD operations and local state. It's meant to show you how to get to grips with a library so you can use it for a real project. The todo app itself is just an example.
The lack of type safety
Good point. Something that annoys me quite alot tbh.