that's not how i read it at all. he's experienced with java, prefers statically typed languages, and has had a lot of success so far with scala. for accusing someone of a heavy bias you're doing a pretty good job yourself
There are at least 3 areas of technical focus at a startup after you reach product/market fit: 1) ease of feature development 2) ease of hiring 3) ease of scale under load
The author sacrificed 2, needlessly created well-known scale issue that could be avoided in 3 (basic distributed systems class), for no substantial improvement over the other options for 1.
Yes, I have a bias towards startup team members factoring in their future impact on their coworkers and the company.
