> Irrational Fear of Java is one of the most confusing things among startup stage companies.

This so much. It's exhausting to experience startups shoooting themselves in the foot by not using Java where it's best simply because it's not hip.

Golden rule for startups, spend your innovation capital on your product not on trendy (unproven, immatue) implementation technologies. Use boring (aka mature, high performance, best tooling) technology.