I've heard both sides of the static types vs dynamic types argument a lot of times. I don't think there will ever be any kind of universal agreement but I find

I've heard both sides of the static types vs dynamic types argument a lot of times. I don't think there will ever be any kind of universal agreement but I find the discussion to be interesting. For the record, I personally think a language like Typescript hit a sweet spot. Not a lot of mandatory ceremony but you have the choice to add types where it matters, e.g. at interface level. Also the duck typing saves you from inventing class names for all kind of almost-primitive types.