[valarauca1]

Like I said something fundamentally wrong. With their approach.

Un-Indexed databases, databases far away from front end servers (in terms of network topography), or weird VM things with python.

Something is bad, and if changing languages solved their problems, they are just sweeping an issue under the rug. It'll hit them in the face later, and harder. Be it developer knowledge, or architectural choices. It'll surface again, they'll (hopefully) be large, and the problem will sting harder too.