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I just can’t get behind the dynamic typing arguments in the slightest anymore.

It doesn’t take any time to type your code. We’re talking seconds on the hour, and the benefits are huge

It's not necessarily about the time it takes to type the type definitions. static typing leads to developers trying to represent the "real" world in a bunch of categories and arbitrary boxes. Thats not necessarily a good thing because you can loose much time in bike shedding discussions like "Is a person class still a valid person class if it has no Surname" which do not provide actual value to your product. Recommended watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5WdGrpoug

> "Is a person class still a valid person class if it has no Surname"

At least you then know the answer to this while writing code rather than at test time, or worse in prod

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