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junyjujfjfon Python type hints may not be not for me in practice

Actually I don't think types are relevant here. People are choosing based on other weighted factors like toolchain, ecosystem, products, and culture.

junyjujfjfon Python type hints may not be not for me in practice

They are likely leveraging Django/Rails which treads the beaten path for Startups.

Startups are also more likely to do monoliths.

For Enterprise & microservices, you will start to see more Java/Go/C#.

junyjujfjfon Python type hints may not be not for me in practice

> The Python type system is pretty bad

Coming from the perspective of a religious python hater, their type hints are better than what you give credit for: Supports generics, nominative, structural, unions, bottom type, and literals.

What is missing is mainstream adoption in libraries which is a matter of time.