[carapace]

It sounds like you have the experience to use Python well, and haven't (yet) had to work with problematic Python code. I don't mean this dismissively, I think a lot of things are "trajectory dependent" if you will. E.g. I'm just starting out with OCaml after years of mostly Python and I'm pretty stoked, but I haven't yet had time to find the rough spots and warts, eh?

[grooot]

It sounds as if you’ve had to maintain a bad codebase in Python. I don’t think any language will save you from that. OCaml (a contender for my favorite language) certainly won’t. My comment is about what the language does for me when I write my own code.