With my most recent book, I've moved my PDF generation to Typst. LaTeX, you served me well, but I'm more than happy to never use you again. Typst is better (or decent enough) in every dimension.
I guess: 1) the incremental compilation speed, 2) the modern user experience (better error message things, better syntax, etc)?
I asked what was the best book for learning LaTeX. The response... "There is no book. Sit next to someone writing their dissertation."
Typst on the other hand, feels modern, is readable, and is fast. (4 seconds vs 2 minutes for some of my books.) The developers are responsive.
My only complaint is that some of my code broke during the latest release. I'll not complain too much because of is a nascent project and still making quick progress.
After I realized that Typst had the features I required for my books, I immediately moved to it.
Good riddance LaTeX. You served me well, but I felt like there was never a better option... Until now.
I went back to beamer.
https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35 and in particular, this comment from the author of codly where he sounds constrained by Typst: https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35#issuecomment-24667...
All from the same content using includes, variables, flags, etc. Show interactive plots directly in you presentations, tons of other features.
Almost every project I create now whether it's documentation, presentation, report, website, or anything else project-related can fit within `quarto create project`.