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Re:Ask HN: why most startups use ruby and rails? by AJ72 on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @04:01AM (#7552040)
To understand Ruby, and why anyone including a startup wants to use it, you need to understand more about its founder, Matz. He is a truly amazing individual.

Here's a recent interview with Matz from RubyConf13 (Miami Nov 2013) http://multifaceted.io/2013/rubyconf-13-a-chat-with-matz/ that may be of interest.

It's about making developers happy…

Re:Ask HN: why most startups use ruby and rails? by midas007 on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @04:07AM (#7552056)
Matz's prefecture business folks are awesome and supportive. I think I still have a pile of their postcards somewhere.
Re:Ask HN: why most startups use ruby and rails? by alouanchi on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @05:45AM (#7552370)
thanks for a link. I will have a look when I will be home.