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> the overarching benefit of being proficient in modern JS and sorrounding tooling is that I can use the same language for my whole stack...and spend more time thinking about the product and business

As someone who's proficient in multiple languages, I've never had issues switching between 2 languages. Am I missing something?

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If you have a couple small teams, it's nice when any one of your developers is able to work on any part of the app.

Is that worth anything? I dunno. But I can see a certain appeal to that line of thought. Similar to why a startup might do their mobile app in react native. "We have react devs, this way any of them could work on it."

It's not just a matter of switching your brain, it's also about reusing code across projects, and being able to use the same toolset for everything.

But on the topic of switching your brain, you have to know that not all developers can switch between languages as easily, they aren't all special geniuses like you.

Nice straw man argument. You don't need to be a special genius to be proficient with 2 languages.

You need to be a genius to use two languages well in a single software while at the same time working on figuring out how to solve the constant barrage of new business problems that an enterprise software product needs to solve in the early stages.

If you say so. :|

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