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I think DHH has done a decent job navigating some really tough situations. He's always forged his own path which by itself is impressive. I think partially it's
by N_A_T_E 5y ago
I think DHH has done a decent job navigating some really tough situations. He's always forged his own path which by itself is impressive. I think partially it's just really easy to hate on someone in a powerful position who has been super successful.
- bdcravens 5y agoI think asking him to share the keynote stage isn't hate. Rails doesn't belong to him, it belongs to the community, and is far bigger than him or his influence.
- Mikeb85 5y agoHe's the main force driving it forward while other entities are busy either divesting from it or just use it as a free API builder for their React app. Yes there's lots of contributors and he doesn't do everything but his vision is what's driving basically all the innovation. Also the MIT license does require attribution (if nothing else) and the copyright is his...
- bdcravens 5y agoI didn't say he had nothing to do with it, only that Rails is bigger than him. Shopify and Github have as much or more to do with the state of the framework as Basecamp.
- Mikeb85 5y agoMaybe on the backend but on the front end they're using React, Liquid templates, etc...
- bdcravens 5y agoLiquid is just a templating language written in Ruby. Much of the Rails ecosystem uses non-Rails projects (Devise, Sidekiq, Rspec, etc). I know that both Github and Shopify use some React, but neither is a strict-SPA with Rails merely serving as the backend API. Github is actually pushing the server-side rendered UI forward with ViewComponent.