The ecosystem often matters more than the language itself. A language with mature, well-supported libraries for your problem saves months over a theoretically nicer language with thin tooling. Hiring is part of this too: a popular language means a larger pool of developers.
For most business software, several languages would work fine, so the decision comes down to fit and team familiarity rather than a single right answer. Over-optimizing the language choice is a common way to delay actually building.
Updated July 2026