IT Runs on Java 8
Fun story : i had to develop the same system for two different companies, one a startup with 3 employees (the founders) , the other a billion dollar business. Just a backend api &amp; web interface, together with an iOS app displaying the content.<p>I could use shiny new tech for the startup (which at the time was python on app engine and its nosql datastore, with a backbone.js framework), whereas the other one forced me to use java and deploy the code on the big corp datacenter.<p>The start up code was built in two months, and maintained by an intern for two years with success. It basically cost nothing to run.<p>The big corp code was built in a year (note: i <i>did</i> know how to develop in java), people in charge couldn&#x27;t manage to deploy it (i had to do it myself, despite just discovering their infra on the spot), and i had to maintain the code myself, because despite huge code guidelines and restrictions on the technologies allowed, nobody inside was assigned to maintaining the code.<p>So, yeah, there&#x27;s definitely a danger to absolutely wanting to follow the HN hype. But don&#x27;t feel good if your company relies on 8yo tech and process. It could be loosing a TON of money by not staying up-to-date with the state of the art.