I completely agree with you. However I've always found the dynamic typing approach to be a bit at odds with

  python3 -c "import this" | head -4 | tail -1

I think the fast and loose style that Python enables is perfect for small scripts and one off data science notebooks and the like. But having worked in large codebases which adopt the same style, and ones that avoid it through static typing and in some cases async/await, the difference in productivity I've noticed in both me and my collaborators is too stark for me to ignore.

I think I should've been more nuanced in my comments praising async/await. I believe that what I say is valid in large IO-bound applications which go beyond basic CRUD operations. In general it depends, of course.