> It would be nice if Typst could be a LaTeX replacement that makes actually layout and designing the document approachable

Those goals fall way out of the scope of LaTeX (and of course of Typst). If you want to have more control and power into a document's design, there's ConTeXt - as a graphic designer I just love it and can't imagine myself replacing it with LaTeX or Typst.

But as you said, if you want to concentrate on writing your text without thinking too much about its design, LaTeX or Typst are great for that.

I have hear of ConTeXt, but never tried it. I originally wanted to write my resume in LaTeX, but I quickly realized that my choice was either to use a template and have a resume that looks like everyone else's, or dig deeply into the arcane working of TeX. In the end I had my sister do it in InDesign, but now she is the only one who can update it. I would love to remake it in something I can actually edit myself, whether ConTeXt, Typst or Sile.

I disagree with it being outside the scope of typst. Typst makes designing a template entirely feasible, I've tried and succeeded.