I wrestle with this too, but I think it can be useful if you understand the limitations and usefulness of it for yourself. I know that the type hints are way fo

I wrestle with this too, but I think it can be useful if you understand the limitations and usefulness of it for yourself. I know that the type hints are way for me to think more carefully about what I want the functions to do and how I'd like them to respond. I'm not expecting the type checker to enforce correctness or optimize better, I'm simply hoping that the tools will help me write the best code I can for my uses. I think it's analogous to a writer working with an editor: the writer is allowed to write whatever they want, but the editor's job is to analyze it and provide suggestions to make it better. The writer has to decide what to do with those suggestions. Sometimes hinting gets in the way and I hate it, but sometimes it helps me. I try to use the help and ignore the interruptions.