Can you name a single startup that failed because of their inability to scale? Development speed is way more important than scalability. Like Paul Graham says

Can you name a single startup that failed because of their inability to scale? Development speed is way more important than scalability. Like Paul Graham says, the vast majority of startups fail because they make a product no one wants or because they never launch a product in the first place. Faster software development means you figure out if your product is a dud faster, and you're less likely to run out of morale before you've got something substantial. I've been working on my current (unreleased) project with Django and jQuery on Linux for about a month. Here's all of the stuff I've made use of from the Django, jQuery, and Python communities: http://code.google.com/p/django-command-extensions/ http://code.google.com/p/django-command-extensions/ http://south.aeracode.org/ http://south.aeracode.org/ http://github.com/dcramer/django-ratings http://github.com/dcramer/django-ratings http://github.com/pydanny/django-uni-form http://github.com/pydanny/django-uni-form http://github.com/robhudson/django-debug-toolbar http://github.com/robhudson/django-debug-toolbar http://github.com/alex/django-ajax-validation http://github.com/alex/django-ajax-validation http://fabfile.org/ http://fabfile.org/ http://orkans-tmp.22web.net/star_rating/ http://orkans-tmp.22web.net/star_rating/ http://jquery.malsup.com/form/ http://jquery.malsup.com/form/ http://plugins.jquery.com/project/ScrollTo http://plugins.jquery.com/project/ScrollTo http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/ http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/ http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/ http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/ There's no way I could ever use a niche framework after having drunk this reusable code kool-aid. Even if Django weren't scalable, if I really was on the road to being the next Facebook or Youtube, there'd be plenty of time and money to rewrite in something that could scale.