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0 pointshabitue3y ago0 comments

> your tech stack does not matter

> You will have problems if you have the worst tech stack

Cool, so we've established that I'm saying the tech stack matters. All of the problems above have to do with the tech stack. Yes performance is part of your tech stack. Yes, how easily you can monitor it and is part of your tech stack.

> 99% of startups won't be able to afford the best developers anyway. 99% of startups don't need the best developers. Average developers can make great products.

Here again, the tech stack matters. If you have known mediocre developers, you should pick a language like Java or Go because otherwise it's going to be a mess. If you have good developers, you should trust them to pick the technologies.

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iLoveOncall3y ago

> Cool, so we've established that I'm saying the tech stack matters.

Yes, and I'm telling you that all the problems you've raised are not dependent on your tech stack.

To make it clearer, it doesn't matter if you use CloudWatch Metrics or if you publish your metrics manually in an Excel file, as long as you have metrics being looked at.

"Having metrics" is not a part of your technical stack.

Similarly for speed, it doesn't matter if you use C or Python, as long as you write efficient algorithms and choose the right datastructure.

"Writing efficient algorithms and choosing the right datastructure" is not a part of your technical stack.

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