I do this too, but I’m always frustrated by the mismatch between database constraints and application constraints. For example, when using Django you can declare a field as varchar(32) but that constraint isn’t checked until you actually insert the row into the database. I suppose maybe that’s not a problem in languages with more mature type safety ecosystems?
Yeah, I've also worked with weak type systems in the past too (PHP, Ruby, JS), so I can definitely share the pain! I learned the hard way how much easier it is to build complex systems when you have a compiler helping you ;)
Please do not confuse strong/weak typing with dynamic/static typing. Many dynamically typed languages are also weakly typed, but some dynamic langugages, like Python, are strongly typed.
I'm using Kotlin and still PHP in some legacy part at work, but whenever I can in my free-time I use Haskell, Elm and read about FP concepts. What about you? :)
