I used to think so too, but that was because I had never really used Python. I still think Ruby is a mess, but it's so amazing how easy it is to manipulate data in Python, and so much faster.

I recently wrote a Node/Bun/Deno app that parses a 5k line text file into JSON.

The JavaScript on any runtime takes 30-45 seconds.

The Python implementation is sub 1 second.

I would not have been able to finish the tool so quickly if I were stuck relying on JS.

I still love Typescript but I'm not as blind about it now.