[alexbanks]

> Well, then I'd have to ask what your experience is that causes you to believe this? I don't mean years, I mean what languages, and what, more specifically, you observed.

Probably 20 Rails developers across 3 companies

> So? "Catching everything" isn't a thing

The "everything" I'm referring to is less about "all bugs", and more about "Type errors, spelling mistakes, missing imports, etc". All code has bugs. Not all languages allow remedial spelling errors to make it into a build.

> shrug Okay... To be clear, "runtime" doesn't mean "in production".

It sure does not. I'm not sure that changes anything. It seems like being difficult for the sake of it to argue that it's the same value to catch potential bugs now vs. later. Obviously the answer is now.