> I understand why some who have a background in typed languages might prefer to use Python with type hints, but it should be understood that they aren't very P

> I understand why some who have a background in typed languages might prefer to use Python with type hints, but it should be understood that they aren't very Pythonic. Okay, this myth that Pythonic == loosey-goosey duck-type-everything slinging dicts and strings nothing static cause that's too slow, really needs to die. Pythonic is all about pragmatism and parsimony. If that means not typing anything cause it's a 50 line script, do that. If it means the most efficient way for large dev teams to communicate on sprawling code bases is to use rich types, then do that. Personally, I use types even in the short scripts, because then I can offload keeping track of what type everything is, instead of having to remember yet another user_dict with whatever keys the producer felt like using at the time. It makes autocomplete faster and I'm less mentally fatigued. Less mental fatigue == more pythonic.