However, I haven't read much about the opinions of really talented front end engineers who currently love and prefer javascript / typescript. What do you think?
First I'm hearing of this project. It sounds cool, but I fear it will eventually die of neglect like every previous attempt to use !JS in the browser. Maybe if Microsoft pushes it heavily with their first-party sites?
It's essentially front end coding for non front end Microsoft stack developers. Expect convoluted enterprise apps written in it.
> Unlike former platforms like Silverlight, it does not bring its own rendering engine to paint pixels on the screen. Blazor uses the Browser’s DOM to display data.