An engineer getting up to speed on a 10 year old web app that uses dynamic types will likely have a very different opinion. No types anywhere, so making a chan

An engineer getting up to speed on a 10 year old web app that uses dynamic types will likely have a very different opinion. No types anywhere, so making a change is SCARY! And all the original engineers have usually moved on. Fun times. Types are a form of forced documentation after all, and help catch an entire class of bugs. If you’re really lucky, the project has good unit tests. I think dynamic typing is wonderful for making software quickly, and it can be a force multiplier for startups. I also enjoy it when creating small services or utilities. But for a large web app, you’ll pay a price eventually. Or more accurately…the poor engineer that inherits your code in 10 years will pay the price. God bless them if they try to do a medium sized refactor without types lol. I’ve been on both ends of the spectrum here. Pros and cons. There’s _always_ a tradeoff for the business.