The point of the post basically demonstrates that all that syntax isn't just there to annoy you, but is driven by pragmatic needs to be explicit for performanc

The point of the post basically demonstrates that all that syntax isn't just there to annoy you, but is driven by pragmatic needs to be explicit for performance purposes. But the ending "much better" isn't really addressing the actual question of whether there is a way to improve syntax while keeping all things that need to be addressed instead of dropping them one by one like the post did.