An obvious benefit is getting to use technologies that have better foundations, and an obvious drawback is that newer technologies have smaller library ecosystems. That’s been a good tradeoff for us because even back when we used exclusively mainstream technologies, our use cases led us to spend the vast majority of our time writing code from scratch as opposed to gluing together off-the-shelf libraries.We minimize risk through careful thought and planning. We’re very deliberate in the technologies we adopt and tend to put them through an evaluation phase where we experiment with using them, look at the community for indications of longevity, and consider other factors. When we do take risks, we acknowledge those and do our best to hedge our bets.