Even the article you linked flat-out says static typing is better: > The analysis indicates that TS apps exhibit significantly better code quality and understa

Even the article you linked flat-out says static typing is better: > The analysis indicates that TS apps exhibit significantly better code quality and understandability than JS apps [...] Furthermore, reducing the usage of the `any` type in TS apps was significantly correlated with all metrics except bug proneness. > It's biggest issue imo is it's slow, but since people aren't rushing to use mypy and friends, perhaps that's not important for most users. People are rushing to mypy. Every Python library now has type stubs available. That wasn't the case even 3-4 years ago. Similar story with the mass move to TypeScript, which currently is the fastest-growing language[0]. Dynamic typing[1] is a legacy of ignorance and immaturity in the industry, from the same era where it was common to put your php $_GET parameters directly into a SQL query or access your C array without bounds checking. For the most part, the industry is smarter than this now, thankfully. [0] https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2023/02/02/jetbrains-survey.aspx https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2023/02/02/jetbrai... [1] note I'm really getting at "dynamic by default" -- there's certainly a use case for objects whose structures are only known at runtime, but that should be the exception, not the rule.