Jacob Asks does the Tech Stack REALLY matter?

Hey Mike & Chris!

Hope all is well, been loving the show lately. Especially the bacon on Mr. Altman, I think you’re on the nose with your assessment of his selling a problem and solution model.

I have my own bacon-y question I think is becoming increasingly more relevant, especially as hardware progresses: Does the tech stack *really* matter? As a hobbyist, I cut my teeth on Python early on, then switched to the NodeJS/React hotness and landed a few gigs in that area before deciding professional software dev wasn’t for me and pivoting into a more academic industry that fit me better.

I still never got over that whole “choosing the optimal web-stack” fixation a lot of people get stuck on, though, until recently. I’ve been diving back into Python for proto-type projects, and I think I might just stick with it. I know for large, at-scale companies like Amazon or Google optimization in the stack matters. But for *most* projects, does the tech-stack really matter? I think of how Twitter started on Ruby and then switched to meet scale later as a great example of this.

Would love to hear what you both think!

Best,
Jacob.