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It matters, but like you said: it matters a whole lot less than a lot of other factors. That is to say: If you've got a strong vision, the right team, the righ
by MalcolmDiggs 11y ago
It matters, but like you said: it matters a whole lot less than a lot of other factors.
That is to say: If you've got a strong vision, the right team, the right backers, the right product-market-fit, etc and your engineers are sitting around trying to figure out how to make the product better/faster/more-reliable, then maybe start looking at the language you chose. But honestly an underperforming language is a problem that most startups never have the good-fortune of having to legitimately worry about.
- sheepmullet 11y agoIt matters both a lot more, and a lot less, for startups (than traditional companies). More: a startup doesn't have the resources to just throw bodies at a problem, or have a dedicated dev or two working on a non-core product. Picking the wrong language + ecosystem can ruin a project. Less: Startups are make or break. If you break then who cares about the long term cost of code maintainance? If you make it then you can easily absorb the long term costs. E.g. If choosing php in the early days cost Facebook an extra 100 man-years worth of effort in the long term its a minor blip. 100 man-years is nothing to a company the size of Facebook.