Sorry about my Microsoft remark. It was kind of inflammatory. I didn't originally have it in my comment but was inspired to add it in for some reason. I try to keep my inflammatory rhetoric out of HN.
TypeScript's best feature (imo) is its (optional) static-typing so if you don't like static-typing to begin with, then yeah, it doesn't have much else to offer you.
I do not use statically typed languages and I have nothing against MSFT; I was solely commenting on TypeScript as a language.