# Spotlight: Erin Dees (Author) Interview and AMA! **URL:** \ **Category:** In The Spotlight\ **Tags:** author-spotlight, rspec, ruby, rails, book-effective-testing-with-rspec-3, book-seven-more-languages-in-seven-weeks, book-cucumber-recipes\ **Created:** [16 August 2022 14:25 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/spotlight-erin-dees-author-interview-and-ama/69253 "2022-08-16T14:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
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Great spotlight! And congrats on writing all those books! :038: You’ve used quite a few languages Erin, so I’m curious to learn what your favourite is …and why! (I think I can guess which one it is, but curious to know why! :lol:) Also, as a testing advocate, I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on static typing and how you feel about it missing from languages like Ruby - do you think it would go against Ruby’s philosophy of being intuitive, natural, and effortless to write for instance? Or do you think it’s a future that we can’t or should not avoid? 🙃 --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/spotlight-erin-dees-author-interview-and-ama/69253)._