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Will you be bringing on a technical cofounder later after building the prototype? If so, it probably wouldn't matter much. There's a chance it'll get scrapped a

Will you be bringing on a technical cofounder later after building the prototype? If so, it probably wouldn't matter much. There's a chance it'll get scrapped and be redone. And at that point, your technical cofounder will probably have a preference. Also if you are planning on bringing on someone else, there are more php developers available to choose from and possibly you might get better pricing due to the number of developers out there (I could be wrong on this). Aside from that, I have a strong personal preference for Python.

dmg123 15y ago
Excellent question. I do plan to bring on a technical cofounder, but would that technical cofounder who most likely will become the CTO...really be the right person to code the guts of the site or would the be better used for architecting out entire systems and not concerned with what the language will be? I'm not quite sure, but it would be nice to have that person build the site I guess.
- steventruong 15y ago
  Then outsource for cheap to get the MVP done. Ignore the language choice and all that. Because in all reality, there is a very high chance it'll be redone anyway and your future technical cofounder will probably be doing that. That said, they'll be doing both. You're wrong if you think language choice isn't going to matter. Different coders will have a preference, sometimes a very strong preference. Ignore language choice for now and just get the MVP done.
  - dmg123 15y ago
    What is considered cheap these days? I did some preliminary calling around for RoR firms and they're charging at least $50k. Most are around $100k-$150k for a v1.
    - pbreit 15y ago
      You should be able to get an MVP for less than 50k (there was guy on hn recently who would do it for 5). As others have stated, the language doesn't matter that much and don't worry about scaling (you'll be lucky to have that problem). Your impression of a tech cofounder is off. That person would typically roll up his sleeves and code. Startups require doers, not thinkers.
    - steventruong 15y ago
      Can vary a lot depending on the MVP

dmg123 15y ago

Excellent question. I do plan to bring on a technical cofounder, but would that technical cofounder who most likely will become the CTO...really be the right person to code the guts of the site or would the be better used for architecting out entire systems and not concerned with what the language will be? I'm not quite sure, but it would be nice to have that person build the site I guess.

steventruong 15y ago
Then outsource for cheap to get the MVP done. Ignore the language choice and all that. Because in all reality, there is a very high chance it'll be redone anyway and your future technical cofounder will probably be doing that. That said, they'll be doing both. You're wrong if you think language choice isn't going to matter. Different coders will have a preference, sometimes a very strong preference. Ignore language choice for now and just get the MVP done.
- dmg123 15y ago
  What is considered cheap these days? I did some preliminary calling around for RoR firms and they're charging at least $50k. Most are around $100k-$150k for a v1.
  - pbreit 15y ago
    You should be able to get an MVP for less than 50k (there was guy on hn recently who would do it for 5). As others have stated, the language doesn't matter that much and don't worry about scaling (you'll be lucky to have that problem). Your impression of a tech cofounder is off. That person would typically roll up his sleeves and code. Startups require doers, not thinkers.
  - steventruong 15y ago
    Can vary a lot depending on the MVP