Or alternatively how Badoo could have saved $1.9M by coding in a compiled language.
Ruby guys can always do the argument "Our code required 50% more servers, but it increases developer productivity by 50%, and since developers cost more than servers - it is a win".
Has anyone ever really made that argument with PHP? It seems one of the least developer friendly languages possible on a large project. So developer unfriendly + server unfriendly = ?????
Ruby guys can always do the argument "Our code required 50% more servers, but it increases developer productivity by 50%, and since developers cost more than servers - it is a win".
Has anyone ever really made that argument with PHP? It seems one of the least developer friendly languages possible on a large project. So developer unfriendly + server unfriendly = ?????