This article is not about Twitter ditching Rails, because Twitter is not ditching Rails. This seems worth repeating [1] because this is the top-voted comment,

This article is not about Twitter ditching Rails, because Twitter is not ditching Rails. This seems worth repeating [1] because this is the top-voted comment, even though the submission title no longer implies that. Absolutely go with Rails [2], because it's a great way to get started quickly and large successful startups like Twitter are still using it at scale. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2424393 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2424393 [2] Or Django, or whatever