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Re:The Case for C# and .NET by kcartlidge on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:10PM (#32230976)
> If you like the productivity, just wait till you try Rails.

I like Rails (vintage, Rails 5). Unfortunately DotNet and EF combined now have virtually the same productivity but with massively better performance. Which is a shame as Ruby is a great language.

Re:The Case for C# and .NET by TheRealDunkirk on Monday July 25, 2022 @10:19PM (#32233507)
I’ve tried very hard to use EF. If you think it’s equivalent to the productivity of ActiveRecord, well… more power to you, I guess.
Re:The Case for C# and .NET by kcartlidge on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @05:05PM (#32244006)
And that's why there are so many ecosystems - to cover the variety of tastes and preferences.

I think the end game may be one unique ecosystem per developer (like with JS frameworks).