To me, this is a metaphor that might better explain it, "You need a different approach for getting your first million than your second." (I've heard it attributed to customers, revenue, personal income, etc). It sounds like Python (and features like dynamic typing) works very well at bootstrapping and developing. They're leveraging different features (more like static typing) once they get larger and more time is spent on maintenance (and rewriting everything isn't appealing [1]).
Honestly, your octagonal wheel metaphor works, too. Building the first car you spend a lot of time on octagonal (crude) wheels, but later spend a lot more money on round (precision) wheels. You could have gone bankrupt spending money originally on round wheels that were the wrong size.
Honestly, your octagonal wheel metaphor works, too. Building the first car you spend a lot of time on octagonal (crude) wheels, but later spend a lot more money on round (precision) wheels. You could have gone bankrupt spending money originally on round wheels that were the wrong size.
[1] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...