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by redguava 4968 days ago
The point where you are having scaling issues because of the language then you are really going to be past the worrying about bootstrapping/hiring stage.

It sounds like you are spending time/effort worrying about scaling way before needed. If you can solve your problems you have today faster then I would do that, not hinder yourself today for possible problems way down the track.
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neya 4968 days ago
Very valid point there dude. I don't know dude...maybe I just want things to be efficient right from ground up...Or it could be the after-effects of falling in love with Functional programming in Scala :)
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redguava 4968 days ago
There is plenty of merit using a language you enjoy.

A certain language might be twice as fast to get work done in, but you can be 10 times as fast if you are enjoying yourself and motivated.

I just wouldn't kid yourself that scaling is the reason for the choice. Just enjoying it is plenty of reason.

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