But this was specifically in reference to introducing statically-typed tech into something that didn't have it (the original quote was "companies have been back

But this was specifically in reference to introducing statically-typed tech into something that didn't have it (the original quote was "companies have been backporting typescript/mypy/sorbet onto existing dynamic codebases"), therefore it's new in the sense that it wasn't in that place before and now it is being introduced there. So there could absolutely be a honeymoon period local to that team/project.