The Future of Ruby: Is It a Smart Choice for Startups?
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The Future of Ruby: Is It a Smart Choice for Startups?
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#2why is this here
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#3Feels like most of those posts, and people using StackOverflow + Google search popularity, somewhat misses a few key aspects that would cause people to search.
It seems to ignore technologies not present, or lower ranking, might just have better documentation and less confusing semantics? TypeScript isn't easy to use.
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#4I love Ruby. But as I started a new side project with Rails 7 and I noticed something was off when using the view part of Rails... it just felt wrong. The entire web ecosystem has been gaining momentum since I used Rails 3, doesn't make sense to build something with Rails just because I think Ruby is cool. In the end I want to improve my productivity and Rails does not seem to be the way to go anymore.
New setup: TS both in frontend and backend. Supabase backend; everything is based off on Postgres/SQL (yay, it paid off to learn SQL instead of only using ActiveRecord). Getting your frontend code to just work with the backend is amazing (by sharing autogenerated types).
I have also been using Python a lot lately since it has everything I need for ML/AI-related stuff. I'm using Ruby for quick scripts now, but I've been looking into Clojure for some time now and this seems the place to sneak it into my workflow.
Anyway, just my anecdote as someone that's been using Rails heavily for ~15 years. Not sure what to make of all this, but numbers make it clear Ruby is on the way out and its future will be a bunch of 'old' folks like me reminiscing about the awesome syntax and fluidity of taking dynamic languages to the extreme.
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#5As always, it needs to be said that selection bias is a thing; these surveys do not show people who . They measure Stack Overflow users who (... and then responded to a request to complete a survey that has questions about it).
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#6There is no substance to this post, it is clickbait. Most of the listed languages wouldn't even be considered. Most of the other "languages" are irrelevant in terms of building a platform. Ex: SQL, Bash, Powershell, Matlab.
Re: The Future of Ruby: Is It a Smart Choice for Startups?
#7There is no substance to this post, it is clickbait. Most of the listed languages wouldn't even be considered. Most of the other "languages" are irrelevant in terms of building a platform. Ex: SQL, Bash, Powershell, Matlab.
Hi dadro thanks for your comment, FYI I love Ruby and I've been working +10 years. My point is if you're going to build a startup you will need devs and Ruby dev's are getting harder and harder to find, new developers are preferring other languages turning Ruby into a dying ecosystem.
Let's see how this post will age...
Re: The Future of Ruby: Is It a Smart Choice for Startups?
#8Feels like most of those posts, and people using StackOverflow + Google search popularity, somewhat misses a few key aspects that would cause people to search. It seems to ignore technologies not present, or lower ranking, might just have better documentation and less confusing semantics? TypeScript isn't easy to use.
Hi masom, thanks for your comment. I'm Ruby developer myself (+10 years of exp.) and still use Stackoverflow regularly.
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#9I love Ruby. But as I started a new side project with Rails 7 and I noticed something was off when using the view part of Rails... it just felt wrong. The entire web ecosystem has been gaining momentum since I used Rails 3, doesn't make sense to build something with Rails just because I think Ruby is cool. In the end I want to improve my productivity and Rails does not seem to be the way to go anymore. New setup: TS…
Agreed 101% with you! BTW I love Ruby and I still use for development. However I don't see the community thriving on the upcoming years if you compare to TS. Finally I wouldn't build my startup today with Ruby
Re: The Future of Ruby: Is It a Smart Choice for Startups?
#10There is no substance to this post, it is clickbait. Most of the listed languages wouldn't even be considered. Most of the other "languages" are irrelevant in terms of building a platform. Ex: SQL, Bash, Powershell, Matlab.
Hi dadro thanks for your comment, FYI I love Ruby and I've been working +10 years. My point is if you're going to build a startup you will need devs and Ruby dev's are getting harder and harder to find, new developers are preferring other languages turning Ruby into a dying ecosystem. Let's see how this post will age...
So is there a ruby jobs board for slightly rusty (no not that rust) rubyists?