3 ms·
Facebook is the classic example of this. Hackish procedural PHP that REALLY worked.
by cutler 4y ago
Facebook is the classic example of this. Hackish procedural PHP that REALLY worked.
- DeathArrow 4y agoAlso Twitter. They started with Ruby on Rails and rewrote in Java at a later time.
- lisasays 4y agoMeaning that if we cargo-cult the alleged (and probably overhyped) development rationale of Twitter-like startups, we are implicitly banking on their "It's a rocket ship to the moon or nothing, baby!" growth plans as well. No viable position for most companies (or even most startups) to take.
- cutler 4y agoThey went all-in on Scala first after Ruby. I think the Java is more recent.