[threecheese]

I have the same opinion. I don’t see the value in having this discussion in an interview - save it for your blog. That being said, there definitely is value in being capable of discussing type safety as a tradeoff when making architecture decisions, I don’t think anyone competent would argue that there are zero scenarios where type safety is part of constraints/worthy of discussion. And OP has some great opinions about this, given they have actual experience in a project where that had to be addressed, which gives them context about a problem their colleagues might not have (which is why we hire people).