[tinco]

Because all the shiny new things make promises. From larger talent pools in node.js, to cheaper scaling with kubernetes. They all talk to business leaders in terms they understand.

Also, this is a fundamental property of innovation, innovation usually is made possible by the new and shiny things. I run the software side of a hardware startup, and I wouldn't have been able to run such a complex software system with such a small team if it wasn't for all the shiny stuff. Yes a lot of it is wobbly, but we're also comfortably a year ahead of the established players.

[Aeolun]

> From larger talent pools in node.js, to cheaper scaling with kubernetes.

Larger pools of people, and cheaper infrastructure.

Not necessarily talent and cheaper scaling in my opinion.

[59nadir]

> Yes a lot of it is wobbly, but we're also comfortably a year ahead of the established players.

It's likely that you would be ahead of established players with old, not shiny technology as well. Established players have an inherently harder time progressing in most circumstances and an entirely different maintenance burden in pretty much every layer of their product. Shiny, new technology accounts for much less than people think it does.