just the style of their blog

I think they just mean that recovering the account post-compromise was not possible because they didn't have 2fa already setup to authorize them as the true owner of the account, not that 2fa would've prevented the issue

There are a small handful of statically typed languages on BEAM, gleam is the only one I've played around with but it's pretty neat

Yeah I've used Gleam but unfortunately using a language for production apps that is not well supported as Rust and even Elixir is is a dealbreaker for me. Gleam is fun to play around with though.

I really don't think there's a problem with doing a job just for the money and going home, everyone needs to eat at the end of the day

Right. In my experience, in nearly any professional discipline, words like 'passionate' and 'hungry' are often management euphemisms for 'has trouble drawing boundaries with work, and cares more about getting it done than work/life balance and their own wellbeing.' I think most of us get nerd sniped and spend half the night working on something every now and then, but that's not something any employer is entitled to.

If you're a fan of the ecosystem, but not of dynamic types, there are statically typed languages on BEAM, eg Gleam (https://gleam.run/)