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So my point is this: Why not instead go for a database that was actually made to handle these kinds of situations? True, using PostgreSQL or MySQL won't in itself ensure that you'll survive a slashdotting/HN'ing, but your chances are better. (And obviously, your chances are even better if you use some sort of caching, but that's a different story).

In short, use PostgreSQL both for testing and live. I recommend Postgres.app for Mac users: http://postgresapp.com/

Because this one is much simpler to use than Jekyll and doesn't require you to install Ruby.

What's the reason for that? The price?

With hyperbole like this a lot of people won't bother to read the rest of the article.

Ironically, there's virtually no place better to be "poor" than in Denmark, because while poor people pay taxes, too, wages (and welfare) are so high that they end up living a better life than in other countries.

Taxes on the rich are a different story, though, because while the tax rates on the rich may compare to those in the US, it seems to me (and I might be wrong here) that, through tax deductions and various other things, rich Americans often end up paying relatively low taxes. And that would be hard to accomplish in Denmark.

Also worth noticing is that SSL comes free for one year with domains bought at Gandi.

I think there are company-sponsored visas available. You should try contacting one of the Danish companies you're interested in working for. They're always hiring.

Actually, apart from high personal income tax, Denmark is one of the most business-friendly countries in the world. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7391268

For startups, no. There's as large an open source scene here as anywhere else. Ruby on Rails was started by a Dane (David Heinemeier Hansson), as was PHP, C++, and the V8 JavaScript engine used in Node.

They still speak English, though, just like the vast majority of Americans. Europe has a huge number of different languages, and especially in Southern Europe it's not uncommon for even young people to not speak any English at all - meaning there's not even a common language that all Europeans speak.

I'm certainly not saying that all of US is the same. I'm saying that the differences are smaller than the differences you see in Europe. And I'm saying that as someone who've lived in the US and Europe and visited a great number of European countries.

Lots of Danish companies go bankrupt without it affecting the personal finances of the owners. It all depends on the kind of company you form.

you have to pay your employees 6 months wages if you go under.

Source? AFAIK, as long as your business is alive and well you pay a small amount of money each month to an organization which will make sure that if you go bankrupt, your employees will get paid anyway. This means you don't have to pay anything if you go bankrupt. https://lifeindenmark.borger.dk/Pages/Compensation-if-employ...

European software startups that need a huge infusion of capital tend to move some of their business to Silicon Valley while sometimes maintaining a development department back home (e.g., Unity is now headquartered in San Francisco while having its chief development department in Copenhagen, AFAIK).

Basicly any type of vehicle becomes twice as expensive

No, not vehicles used for business. The high taxes are on personal cars.

We rank as no. 4 on Forbes' list of Best Countries for Business (http://www.forbes.com/best-countries-for-business/list/) and as no. 5 on World Banks' Ease of Doing Business list (http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings).

So what's bad about doing business in Denmark? The cloudy weather (think UK) and the personal income taxes :) The corporate tax isn't particularly high, though (24%).