[deeter72]

This is a gross generalization. And I'm not sure where you are picking up those values from as well or their accuracy, for Flask is ~15,000 on uWsgi or Gunicorn? or the default werkzeug dev server? How you deploy matters very much I'm sure you'd understand.

However, Ultimately development teams make do with the skillset they have and saved development time is saved money. Who cares of the toolset, Most programmers forget about the business objectives ultimately. Instagram's backend was originally Django, they managed just fine for a long time. Using C++ is pretty overkill even for a simple API project and potentially a huge waste of developer time, people seem to forget developer time is expensive.

[intelVISA]

I don't think it's fair to call it a gross overgeneralization; good software engineering is being able to evaluate and select the right tool(s) for the job than try to bastardize their fave lang into everything.

The numbers were from skimming TechEmpower's benchmarks. I don't have a horse in the race as I don't do (much) web dev but I found the disparity amusing even if the reality isn't quite so bleak due to, as you mentioned, many other factors before you even hit the application itself.

Ultimately I agree with you, I'd rather see someone use a framework they're comfortable with if it makes their life easier - but I won't lie to them and pretend it's optimal.