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by davedx 406 days ago
Ha. I just finished a huge rewrite at work from sync SQLAlchemy to async SQLAlchemy, because the async version uses a totally different API (core queries) to sync. So this implies if I want type checking I need to use a different ORM and start again?

I love how Python makes me so much faster due to its dynamic nature! Move fast, break things!
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mapcars 406 days ago
I don't agree that dynamic nature makes things necessarily faster, if you compare Python to C or Java it is true, but if you compare to Typescript it is not. With a decent typing system and a good editor that makes use of it (and AI-assistants nowadays) the prototyping can actually be both faster and more stable.
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davedx 406 days ago
Yes, I 100% agree. My career has been Java/C++ -> php/JavaScript -> typescript/python. Types are a godsend
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networked 406 days ago
I think davedx was being sarcastic. Python's dynamic nature cost them time.
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