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> If you're a developer or entrepreneur about to start a new endeavor, I highly recommend you consider Ruby for that project. You will find it to be a competit
by davidw 5y ago
> If you're a developer or entrepreneur about to start a new endeavor, I highly recommend you consider Ruby for that project. You will find it to be a competitive advantage as you will be able to grow and adapt faster and with fewer resources.
Like a lot of people in technology, I love to play with new stuff, but as someone who's seen things come and go, it's really difficult to recommend something other than Rails for most use cases. It's got so much that you can just include in terms of libraries and it's got a good community with good values. It lets you write down a first iteration that's solid and can be incrementally improved on and taken in new directions as the business learns what's what.
- JeremyNT 5y agoI'm almost embarrassed at how fast I can get things done with Rails. It's so easy and it just flippin works. I devote time to keeping up to date with alternatives, but the costs of switching are high, and the ROI just isn't ever there. (I work at a university these days, where our problems are different than when I worked at a startup, but speed of development and the relative stability of the platform are always important no matter what you're doing)