Since I consider myself a UI/UX designer, this surprised me, but I'm gonna say hire the programmer. Reason being, you've just started and need to iterate quick

Since I consider myself a UI/UX designer, this surprised me, but I'm gonna say hire the programmer. Reason being, you've just started and need to iterate quickly to get something valuable working. It doesn't matter if it looks good if it's not something people want. Once you're up and running, and collecting user feedback, you'll have the data a great UX designer needs to work with.