Having worked w/ apps large & small on Django, Spring boot, and Rails, I'd say that Rails is the easiest framework to be productive in, especially to people new

Having worked w/ apps large & small on Django, Spring boot, and Rails, I'd say that Rails is the easiest framework to be productive in, especially to people new to it. This includes junior devs as well as senior devs - it's just easy to pick up. And it gets easier to use over time to rip out all the cruft, especially with things like Rails API. Like any language/framework, it has its warts and its weirdness. There are times when it can be very frustrating to deal with it all. But I've felt that feeling working across multiple paradigms, and I'm convinced it's just a reality of software development. If you're deep into microservices, Rails can be a tough choice, I'll admit. It really depends on your use case. A small-medium sized startup can get a lot done with just a Rails app if your workload is primarily IO based.