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The unrefactorable ball of mud problem is real, which is why both Stripe and Shopify have highly statically typed code bases (via Sorbet). Btw Stripe uses Ruby

• byroot 2y ago
  I'd say sorbet largely adds to the mud, but to each their own.
• m00x 2y ago
  Some Stripe services are Rails. Having types helps, but it's not a necessity. When I was at Chime we faired very well with just rails and no types.