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Isn't that kind of self-fulfilling?

Only choose technologies that are popular for production stacks -> more people using those technologies professionally(implying less using others) -> only choose popular technologies -> etc.

From a "making a quality product" standpoint it would make more sense to me to choose the technology intelligently according to the needs of the product. Anything less is just a business mythology about trying to deliver a lower quality product for a lower cost.



> From a "making a quality product" standpoint it would make more sense to me to choose the technology intelligently according to the needs of the product. Anything less is just a business mythology about trying to deliver a lower quality product for a lower cost.

The "needs of product" should include "long term maintenance cost".


They should and I'm not saying to write it in a new language just because it meets the needs a little better. But in a world where the primary motivation for most things is profit, do you think "developer/maintenance costs" are having a little too much weight in the decisions.


It's easy be prescient when you make self-fulfilling prophecies.




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