I've similarly found the combination of pandoc + typst to be quite exciting. I've found it particularly useful for typesetting academic papers - I'm quite averse to word in general, don't require extensive mathematical typesetting support, and find latex to generally be quite unapproachable (just look at the size of the default pandoc template!), and so it gives me a method of making a decent pdf whilst simultaneously producing a .docx for my collaborators. Being able to track changes with git is also a huge advantage, although never had the chance to work with someone who is comfortable using git :(

The recently added support for PDF/A is also quite exciting, as I've never found a satisfactory solution to this with latex. Now I just wish journals would support markdown submissions...