I will bet that a Linux kernel maintainer is a more capable coder than someone stitching together web apps with Rails. Unless you actually need a web app. In w

I will bet that a Linux kernel maintainer is a more capable coder than someone stitching together web apps with Rails. Unless you actually need a web app. In which case the "Rails guy" will deliver in a couple of days something the kernel maintainer might struggle with for a couple of weeks. Of course given 3-4 month the kernel maintainer could no doubt become a very proficient Rail developer if they felt incentivized to do so. Your average Rails developer probably won't be able to become a proficient kernel hacker in 3-4 month.