Why Ruby on Rails still matters

Re:Why Ruby on Rails still matters by cultofmetatron on Friday February 21, 2025 @03:49PM (#43132786)

> At this point you can find tools that can make demos easier to build or get you further in a hackathon.

I don't understand this at all. ruby on rails is probably peak technology for getting something up an running fast at a hackathon. its a very streamlined experince with a ton of drop in plugins for getting to the product part of the mvp. Maintaining a ruby app is a nightmare overtime. At least it was 5 years ago the last time I worked fulltime in a startup using ruby on rails.

These days I use elixir. its higher performance and reasonably fast to write in but I woudln't say its as productive as ruby on rails if you're competing in a hackathon.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Why Ruby on Rails still matters by sosborn on Saturday February 22, 2025 @01:33AM (#43136630)

Maintenance nightmares are a product of organizational culture, not any particular framework.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Why Ruby on Rails still matters by procaryote on Saturday February 22, 2025 @03:56AM (#43137371)

Any language can get you a maintenance nightmare, but a lack of types and a monolith will get you there faster.

Nothing in ruby forces you to make it a monolith of course, but the lack of types hurts

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Why Ruby on Rails still matters by nickserv on Saturday February 22, 2025 @05:14AM (#43137721)

The language encourages metaprogramming, and disencourages typing. This makes maintenance much more complicated when compared to other languages such as Python, typescript or PHP.

[ Parent | on HN ]