We definitely do, and I see how that might apply - I do write some Java but avoid as much as possible the disaster of checked exceptions. Mostly I am talking ab

We definitely do, and I see how that might apply - I do write some Java but avoid as much as possible the disaster of checked exceptions. Mostly I am talking about Python, Go, TypeScript, and other more esoteric stuff. I don't agree that this defensive style is necessary though - I do (like everyone these days) write a ton of glue code, and that's as I described. Java is nearly as bad as JavaScript for language-cart-pulling-program-horse designs, it's just a different set of mistakes. It could be so much better if developers just did less.