Periodically raise up such articles à la "Rails is dead, long live the Rails". Rails has won in the past because it was so more pragmatic than its alternatives,

Periodically raise up such articles à la "Rails is dead, long live the Rails". Rails has won in the past because it was so more pragmatic than its alternatives, and in the end better designed, and still wins now because it is more mature than its recent better designed competitors (Phoenix, Hanami, ..), and its community is so a big speed up now. > People think that because something is "technically superior" everybody else should blindly adopt. But this is not how the market works. This is really the citation describing the web development of the last 10-15 years. No surprise it comes from DHH.