in theory having an online code editor that makes deployments and handles the infrastructure for you sounds good and from this i can see the logical deduction that this platform would save costs and simplify processes. But they are most likely not technical and as such don’t understand that code is written the way it is due to the many variations between projects.
It's simple if you know people with deep pockets -- and there was this mantra of invest in the team for awhile; not sure if that's still really a thing.
The language design better be exquisite to draw in early adopters. And then it better grow fast to achieve feature parity with all the other server languages.
Come use our proprietary system, we built it in the dark without embracing customers, hope we don't fail now that it's public, and launch your startup on it so we can make deployments easier.
#STUPID-IDEA
Go use Netlify.com if you want a serverless solution that you can deploy on trivially.
Dark raised 3.5 million USD from eight funds, which is under half a million each; maybe that amount is so small that a VC will invest it just for fun?