The author discusses the scalability of programming languages in terms of organizational growth and ease of hiring engineers familiar with the language. They reflect on their experience at CircleCI, where a shift from Clojure to Go was made due to hiring difficulties and issues with dynamic typing causing runtime errors. The article ranks various languages based on scalability, highlighting Rust, Go, and Java/Kotlin as top choices. The author emphasizes the importance of language scalability for larger organizations and advises using familiar technology wisely. The piece provides valuable insights into the impact of language choice on organizational success and programmer effectiveness.
https://blog.sulami.xyz/posts/programming-language-scalability/