Use a different script runner than ts-node for better performance

[PatrickLehnerXI]

Would it be possible to use a different script runner than ts-node? Especially for short build scripts, ts-node is quite slow -- and I don't need to type-check my build scripts all the time. In our TS code base, we're using babel-node as our runner, which only transpiles and is therefore significantly faster.
Additionally, we recently found out that ts-node can be configured to use swc for transpilation. If this works for devcmd, this issue might be solvable by configuration.

Note: This feedback was provided internally at XITASO, so I'm creating this issue for tracking.

[PatrickLehnerXI]

Another XITASO colleague added to this:

ts-node also has a command-line option -T that enables transpile-only mode, I have sometimes wished this could be used. However, in that case I'm not sure how the scripts would still be type-checked.

This could be a possible (temporary) quick-fix while we consider replacing the script runner permanently.