From Node to Ruby on Rails

Re:From Node to Ruby on Rails by didip on Thursday December 16, 2021 @03:03PM (#29583157)

But why? Seriously though, the performance degradation and the "too much magic" problems are not worth it.

You could use one of many project bootstrapping tools to quickly spin up web applications in Node, Go, or Rust.

If you still insist on using a dynamic language, then at least try the Phoenix framework in Elixir. It offers so many more good ideas.

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Re:From Node to Ruby on Rails by janglezz on Thursday December 16, 2021 @03:32PM (#29583482)

It's totally worth it imo.

The performance degradation for 99% of web app use cases is negligible compared to the productivity increases. My team switched from a node/react environment to a full stack rails monolith with stimulusjs and we're shipping faster with less bugs.

What do you consider "too much magic"?

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Re:From Node to Ruby on Rails by lab14 on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:55PM (#29598833)

I've come to realize with the years that "too much magic" usually means "I don't really understand how this piece works".

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