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by mhh__ 1366 days ago
> industry. It's finally dispelled the notion that "types == Java == bad/annoying",

Where is this industry and how do I avoid it?

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Anywhere in non-enterprise web development in the heyday of Ruby/ python / php.

Static typing fell out of favor hard among certain crowds. Typescript brought many of them back to the world of static typing, and all three of the aforementioned languages are getting more static support, so it isn't nearly so prevalent as say 10 or 15 years ago.