Can I recommend you look into Elixir? The (possible) downsides are 1) that it's functional programming, and 2) that there might be libraries/gems for Ruby that

Can I recommend you look into Elixir? The (possible) downsides are 1) that it's functional programming, and 2) that there might be libraries/gems for Ruby that don't exist for Elixir. But the upsides... It's faster, it's different in a good way, in that it makes you think differently (OTP/processes) without the risk of being unproductive. It's very ruby-like but without the warts (although I'm sure it has a few of its own), and was even specifically designed with Ruby as an inspiration/starting point (AFAIK). So far I've not come across articles that were negative about Elixir in relation to Ruby. So if you do, I'd be curious to hear what you think. And of course if anyone can point out things they feel are better in Ruby, I'd love to hear it.