I can see that. I definitely prefer my code to run even while broken, since I find it makes it easier (overall) to write - particularly when I don't have great

I can see that. I definitely prefer my code to run even while broken, since I find it makes it easier (overall) to write - particularly when I don't have great docs for the data I'm getting from web hooks (I'm looking at you, Slack Actions), where it's useful to just pop into an in-situ REPL and poke around. Although - waaay back in the day, I was very gung-ho about using C++ template shenanigans to enforce code correctness at compile time.