There's a lot of debates about this. Here's a view by a partner at YCombinator in the context of new company: http://blog.jaredfriedman.com/2015/09/15/why-i-wo

There's a lot of debates about this. Here's a view by a partner at YCombinator in the context of new company: http://blog.jaredfriedman.com/2015/09/15/why-i-wouldnt-use-rails-for-a-new-company/ http://blog.jaredfriedman.com/2015/09/15/why-i-wouldnt-use-r... I have a different general philosophy: https://www.nemil.com/musings/shinyandnew.html https://www.nemil.com/musings/shinyandnew.html My own bias is to pick the best tool for the job, and not risk hype dictating your decisions. If you're learning for fun and personal learning, that' s great - just realize that you should optimize differently.