It does make sense in that context, but even then it seems like a dangerous choice to make depending on your development culture, especially if it only pays the

It does make sense in that context, but even then it seems like a dangerous choice to make depending on your development culture, especially if it only pays the minimums on technical debt. Javascript seems like the payday loan of technical debt. I think the fear and distrust towards it stems from the perception that it is on its way to become the lingua franca of development, and the expense of other much more suitable programming languages. That seems like a terrible idea.