What are obnoxious types? Types either represent the data correctly or not. I think you can force types to shut up the compiler in any language including Haskell, Idris, PureScript...
Yeah. I am a backend dev these days because it pays more.
Backend people have this obnoxious attitude of looking down on frontend without having any idea what it entails.
Also demonising V8 and glorifying the JVM for some reason. In my experience frontend challenges around animation for example require a lot more reasoning than most backend tasks.