Ruby comes by default on most systems and/or package managers. Bundler has basically eliminated dependency hell. Ruby is one of the easiest environments for new

Ruby comes by default on most systems and/or package managers. Bundler has basically eliminated dependency hell. Ruby is one of the easiest environments for new hackers. Rails is capable of being fast enough and scaling enough for most applications (early Twitter was Rails) and also has no particular issues in an SoA or distributed system.