[HN Gopher] What Dynamic Typing Is For
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       What Dynamic Typing Is For
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2025-10-13 15:27 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | jannesan wrote:
       | This is the first time I see a compelling argument for using
       | dynamic languages for writing web backends. Not that I actually
       | write web backends, so maybe this is all obvious to real
       | practicioners. Thanks for sharing!
        
       | user68858788 wrote:
       | The article is well written and shows why dynamic typing can be
       | so compelling.
       | 
       | This is how I've been writing web services for the last decade.
       | It was a style that came from being frustrated with the
       | experience of using many all-in-one frameworks.
       | 
       | Frameworks take time to learn and the skills are generally non-
       | transferable. Any complex application still requires you to know
       | the underlying languages frameworks attempt to abstract.
       | Frameworks often make testing more difficult due to adding layers
       | of abstraction between what the application does and how the code
       | is written.
       | 
       | Writing actual SQL/CSS/etc in a dynamically typed language to be
       | used in a template is so much easier to understand, debug, and
       | validate.
        
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