Yes I did C/C++ and Java in college and kinda hated it. It wasn't web based development work like I do now but I've written a bunch of static code in my life. I

Yes I did C/C++ and Java in college and kinda hated it. It wasn't web based development work like I do now but I've written a bunch of static code in my life. I also took Spring MVC for a spin more recently and absolutely hated it with a passion. I think that the Ruby/Rails project you describe was probably classified as "legacy" and the company moved on to newer cooler tech like Swift/Kotlin/Node. That's when the Rails project becomes really fun where no one wants to touch it/improve/refactor anything and it quickly becomes a pile of shit after a few years since every change is done by someone hating that project and hating Ruby. Am I close? Otherwise I can't really understand why a skilled group of Ruby devs couldn't have refactored the thing.