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I'm not a huge fan of Ruby, but even if you admit that Rails is superior to Django, it would be a hard sell to invest in Ruby ecosystem instead of Python I'm doing something similar to OP with Django right now
> , it would be a hard sell to invest in Ruby ecosystem instead of Python Why? The Ruby ecosystem is great, as good as ever. What do you think it's missing?
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I just wish Ruby had something with the widespread adoption of TypeScript. Once a project gets large enough it's really painful not having types Sorbet and RBS are okay but they don't really compare
The way I describe language types to non-coders inquiring about language selection for a given project is simply “scale matters”… dynamic types provide flexibility at small scale, but can very easily result in chaos at a large scale. Conversely, the structure of static types can feel onerous and restrictive at small scale, but provide robustness and structure at large scale.
I'm currently building an application to launch it soonish. I'm using Rails and doing everything myself (save for the design of the logo, and some input from a friend on UX). What's more is that I'm building mobile applications using Hotwire Native. I'm a solo developer building 2 mobile apps(iOS and Android), supported by a fully functional web application and done with vanilla Rails with Hotwire Native. I'm surpris…
I just wish Ruby had something with the widespread adoption of TypeScript. Once a project gets large enough it's really painful not having types Sorbet and RBS are okay but they don't really compare
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It's not "cool"
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Also a reminder that all the heavy lifting in the AI ecosystem is done by C++ libraries, and Ruby has a great FFI for interfacing with C++. Also most app makers are just interfacing with web APIs anyway. Either way, you're covered.
For anyone who's ducked out of Rails World over the last decade (or two), I devoted my final conference talk last year to the topic of One-Person Framework with a real-world case study of how Rails 7+ specifically helps developers build ambitious apps, even as a solo developer. https://justin.searls.co/tubes/2024-11-09-11h03m00s/
I don't know if the framework really matters that much? Just choose anything popular and there should be plenty of help available. I've been using Laravel for about 11 years now. I hate it, but it keeps on trucking along so I've resisted the urge to do a complete rewrite. I don't think anything is particularly slow to develop. It's the business side of things that's the hard part.
If you hate it, don't torment yourself....make a business case to switch. Better developer productivity is a thing.
Billions of people deal with slow web apps that collectively waste millions of years of people's lives so that the a few developers can save a few hours of work.
We could increase global white collar productivity by 10-20% almost immediately if developers would stop valuing their productivity over the productivity of their end users.
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I'm not a huge fan of Ruby, but even if you admit that Rails is superior to Django, it would be a hard sell to invest in Ruby ecosystem instead of Python I'm doing something similar to OP with Django right now
> , it would be a hard sell to invest in Ruby ecosystem instead of Python Why? The Ruby ecosystem is great, as good as ever. What do you think it's missing?
Ruby ecosystem is great, but it's not Python great.
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It's not "cool"
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The talk isn't available online yet, but I'm excited to see what he has to say.
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> , it would be a hard sell to invest in Ruby ecosystem instead of Python Why? The Ruby ecosystem is great, as good as ever. What do you think it's missing?
Mass adoption in domains beyond just backend webdev. Python is increasingly the lingua franca of data . Ruby ecosystem is great, but it's not Python great.