Interesting - the primary point that devs spend more time with the type-safetyness than they would fixing the few type bugs they'd have made matches my impressions.
That said, when it comes to tests there are definitely times I miss having strong typing.
I recall one poster several years ago remarking with surprise when he discovered that not everyone agreed with him on what was most important to optimize: dev time or run time.
In my world, devs are massively overworked/overneeded, so anything to reduce dev time that doesn't cripple the product sounds like a good thing. Different markets will have different needs, but I've found a number of devs that consider run time vastly more important regardless of market.
That said, when it comes to tests there are definitely times I miss having strong typing.
I recall one poster several years ago remarking with surprise when he discovered that not everyone agreed with him on what was most important to optimize: dev time or run time.
In my world, devs are massively overworked/overneeded, so anything to reduce dev time that doesn't cripple the product sounds like a good thing. Different markets will have different needs, but I've found a number of devs that consider run time vastly more important regardless of market.