The global variables is generally mitigated by RoR but that leads right into one of his primary regrets that it's not used for something other than Web. I'm sa

The global variables is generally mitigated by RoR but that leads right into one of his primary regrets that it's not used for something other than Web. I'm sad to hear that he's sad about that because to me I love Ruby/Rails for the web. It's just too strong for getting off the ground for me to ignore. The community has solved so many problems that allow me to focus on business/user issues. Not having static typing is that double edge sword. I personally wish it had it now as well having been with Ruby for 5+ years seriously. I've played with Sorbet, but in the Rails world, it's just too weak to be useful. Too many exceptions/untyped definitions to allow everything to play nice. It's the standard problem of trying to make an un-typed project => typed. With all his gripes, the frameworks he laid down -> human readable + everyone be nice to each other has been incredible. The 1st one is controllable, but the 2nd relies solely on other people carrying it forward. Issues, forums, meet ups, conferences. It's not perfect by any stretch, still lots of issues, but it's incredible to see that the community does try and is relatively successful at it.