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As I said above: hire someone new or invest the time to learn the language. Just because someone knows how to make a cute scarf using duct tape, safety scissors, and Elmers glue doesn't mean they should be building your backend driving the company 95 mph with seatbelts, airbags, and a chassis with crumple-zones.

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Hiring someone is very time consuming, and requires paying another salary, benefits, etc. Also learning a new language takes time, yes a person can learn the basics of a language in a day or two, but it will be a long time before they are equally proficient with that new language.

You said nothing that wasn't painfully obvious. My point is to build the backend right so you don't have to rewrite it again later. The time investment in the beginning will pay dividends as you scale (unless you are just mocking up or making an MVP)

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