I quite like static typing, though with some caveats. I strongly believe automated testing is more important. And I am also not afraid to make something an 'any

I quite like static typing, though with some caveats. I strongly believe automated testing is more important. And I am also not afraid to make something an 'any' if it's proving particularly hard to type. Have you considered thinking of static typing as a tool? A kind of ESLint on steroids. The great thing about typescript (or checking JS with the typescript compiler) is that you can set the dynamic/static continuum anywhere you want, pretty much.