OP here, we just tried to pick a language that the most people would know. I'm pretty bad at JavaScript, but I know enough to get things done so we went with that.
Sure you could, but the point is rather to require this specific language. No option is totally without controversy, but this choice ensures a very specific audience (not just programmers/technical people, but ones who are into node) and anyone outside the audience is implicitly not welcome at all.
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I'd have sent a PR except who the fuck writes serverside web apps in javascript?
People.
But seriously, it's 2014. node.js is a thing, has been for a while.
OP here, we just tried to pick a language that the most people would know. I'm pretty bad at JavaScript, but I know enough to get things done so we went with that.
Perhaps it will be a site focused on Nodejs news as only Nodejs developers will contribute in which case you wouldn't be interested anyways?
No need for the negativity! I could easily say who the f* writes web apps in ___ and get much praise/hate.
"Perhaps it will be a site focused on Nodejs news"
They could call it "Hacker News".... ;)
Sure you could, but the point is rather to require this specific language. No option is totally without controversy, but this choice ensures a very specific audience (not just programmers/technical people, but ones who are into node) and anyone outside the audience is implicitly not welcome at all.
hmmm maybe you can make SEVERAL of these sites each in a specific tech so each person can get into their niche of interest
or different implementations all linked to the same DB ?
Although it seems a bit of a waste of time.
Hell no. This with metrics can be the end for all "X doesn't scale" or "X is easier than Y". With real code.
And call it "reddit" ! :)