When I said ceremony, I did mean working around architectural up-front decisions. I was arguing in favor of 'growing something' as opposed to 'designing someth

When I said ceremony, I did mean working around architectural up-front decisions. I was arguing in favor of 'growing something' as opposed to 'designing something' with regards to a hopefully growing userbase. Language choice may be of lesser importance as you say, but I do feel that some languages fit the growing strategy better while others have a more design up front feel to them.