I would go for it, but just the fact that you're asking shows that you're less susceptible to injecting needless technology. Typescript has also been used for years, and it has a place as Javascript is used for more complex products than it was intended.

I wrote a short bit in "Handling Hype" here arguing that you need to dig into your problem, assess claims, and weigh tradeoffs:

https://www.nemil.com/mongo/1.html