I think you nailed it there. Most startups fail anyway, so devoting a single day more than needed on development is a waste of very valuable time and money. Ho

I think you nailed it there. Most startups fail anyway, so devoting a single day more than needed on development is a waste of very valuable time and money. How many extra VPS' is a month of saved development time worth? All skill being equal, choosing Java over Ruby for a new project is one of the worst cases of optimize early I can imagine.