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Programming · by Leila Karimi · 2026-10-19

TypeScript vs Python for new backend projects

Types vs speed of prototyping. I keep flipping. What do you pick for a new API in 2026?

50 sparks · 26 comments

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Minh Nguyen · 13 likes

Legacy code is just code that makes money

Camila Rocha · 9 likes

Fair point

Nima Ahmadi · 0 likes

I read that twice and still chuckled

Noah Miller · 10 likes

Add a comment explaining why, future you will thank you

Salma Idrissi · 1 likes

True, learned it the hard way

Curious Lantern · 0 likes

Depends but yeah mostly

Maya Putri · 9 likes

Seen this pattern in prod, works until it really doesnt

Rapid Runner · 3 likes

Haha my thoughts exactly

Arif Hasan · 0 likes

Fair point

Camille Dubois · 7 likes

Reading the source code taught me more than any blog post

Diego Quispe · 5 likes

Depends but yeah mostly

Angel Reyes · 2 likes

This ^

Maya Williams · 4 likes

Depends on team size honestly, small teams dont need this

Brian Otieno · 10 likes

Haha my thoughts exactly

Olena Shevchenko · 0 likes

Well said

Rohan Mehta · 3 likes

We tried this at work and rolled it back after two months

Arif Hasan · 14 likes

This ^

João Pereira · 0 likes

Well said

Oliver Smith · 1 likes

Tests would have caught this, just saying

Rapid Otter · 14 likes

I read that twice and still chuckled

Lucas Silva · 0 likes

I read that twice and still chuckled

Cozy Orbit · 1 likes

Ship it and refactor later, famous last words

Tiny Sparrow · 5 likes

This ^

Khalid Al Zahrani · 1 likes

Simple beats clever every single time

Narin Chai · 1 likes

I read that twice and still chuckled

Hugo Martin · 0 likes

Ha, my wallet disagrees