Why Tracebit Chose C#: A Security Startup's Tech Stack Story
2025-02-01

Tracebit, a B2B SaaS security product, surprisingly chose C# over popular alternatives like Python or Go. The author details the reasoning behind this decision, considering factors such as productivity, open-source availability, cross-platform capabilities, popularity, memory safety, garbage collection, static typing, stability, built-in libraries, and tooling. C#'s strengths in productivity, stability, and a rich ecosystem proved crucial for Tracebit's rapid iteration and growth, especially in managing a large codebase and collaborating effectively within a team.