I was the third engineer hired at Stitch Fix, and Ruby and Rails has been a key part of our success as an engineering team. We spent the first 12 months delive

I was the third engineer hired at Stitch Fix, and Ruby and Rails has been a key part of our success as an engineering team. We spent the first 12 months delivering value and keeping up with the business. We didn't spend time dealing with tool selection, choosing plumbing options, or any of that and it was key in establishing our team as a partner in the business (as opposed to just being the IT shop). I can't imagine a startup using anything else(), especially early on. While we may replace parts of our code with more specialized tools, Ruby and Rails will continue delivering value for quite some time. () certainly if your domain is something specialized, this statement makes no sense.