It all comes down to what you're doing. To put it another way: it depends. Obviously, writing logic in Go can boost performance, but one needs to assess that th

It all comes down to what you're doing. To put it another way: it depends. Obviously, writing logic in Go can boost performance, but one needs to assess that that's where the slowdown actually is first. One can also eke out a lot more speed from ruby/rails than you'd think! [0] For a lot of people (and businesses), Ruby more than suffices. If it doesn't, other languages always exist. So no, Ruby is far from doomed–one just needs to evaluate the pros and cons of Ruby vs something like Go, etc. Ruby with Rails isn't hype or sexy technology, but it is quite mature and robust. [0]: https://www.speedshop.co/ https://www.speedshop.co/