We owe Twatter a big thanks for showing Rails on Fails doesn't scale (via so many fail whales), and so guided many a new startup to explore Scala, Erlang, Pytho

We owe Twatter a big thanks for showing Rails on Fails doesn't scale (via so many fail whales), and so guided many a new startup to explore Scala, Erlang, Python, C++11 - basically things with a good chance to help not hinder your startup. Thanks Twatter!