Gergely Orosz: startups adopted 'hip' tech partly to attract blocked senior devs
mgill25 · x · 2026-10-02
Gergely Orosz notes that startups in the 2010s unironically adopted 'hip' technologies (Clojure, Go, React) and blogged about them partly to hire more easily — especially solid developers barred from introducing new tech at their current employers. The retweeter argues this still holds true today.
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