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What is the claim exactly? Ruby/Rails is bad because ... too much magic. I think this is a false claim because. 1. Rails is easier to learn than most of the t

• jacquesm 11y ago
  > What is the claim exactly? Ruby/Rails is bad because ... too much magic. No, that wasn't the claim. > 1. Rails is easier to learn than most of the things mentioned above, so not magic Ignoring the strawman component: that's a matter of opinion, for some those electronic bits and pieces are actually simpler to understand than software. > 2. It's perfectly reasonable, and good, to build on top of and leverage things that you haven't taken the time to learn intimately. Yes, absolutely. Just like we don't require everybody that uses the highways to be car mechanics or road construction workers. Society would grind to a very rapid halt if we had to have an intimate understanding of everything we use everyday.