> Note: Following blog post more or less applies to any dynamically typed programming language, e.g. Ruby. I am only sharing my experience and frustrations with

> Note: Following blog post more or less applies to any dynamically typed programming language, e.g. Ruby. I am only sharing my experience and frustrations with Python, cos that's the language I use. This post isn't about Python at all. The OP just is moving towards enjoying statically typed languages. Shortly they'll find that those languages have equal but different pitfalls, such that productivity over time will even out. Programming is hard. Python specifically is a fine language with a terrible packaging/build ecosystem. Every language that exists has similar pros and cons.