Python's Dynamic Typing Problem

(whileforloop.com)

2 points | by wookashh 9 hours ago ago

5 comments

  • wookashh 9 hours ago ago

    I’ve been writing Python professionally for a some time. It remains my favorite language for a specific class of problems. But after watching multiple codebases grow from scrappy prototypes into sprawling production systems, I’ve developed some strong opinions about where dynamic typing helps and where it quietly undermines you.

    • Jtsummers 7 hours ago ago

      Unless you are actually the author of the page (and that person has another account here on HN, so if so why use a new account and not that one?), it's strange to copy/paste the contents of a page and use the material as if you wrote it yourself.

      • wookashh 7 hours ago ago

        I am the author :) I got shadowbanned, I don't know why.

        • Jtsummers 6 hours ago ago

          You used the other account almost entirely for self-promotion. That goes against the guidelines and often ends up in things like bans.

          • wookashh 5 hours ago ago

            I’ve been a passive reader for years, but you’re absolutely right, the posts I was sharing were indeed self-promotion. Thanks for pointing that out. I will be more active in the community this time.