I went the opposite direction and built a static site generator on top of Rails: https://sitepress.cc/ https://sitepress.cc/ Turns out, Rails is a really good

I went the opposite direction and built a static site generator on top of Rails: https://sitepress.cc/ https://sitepress.cc/ Turns out, Rails is a really good web framework! I tried building Sitepress on something “light weight”, Tilt and Rack, and it was a pain. I found myself constantly solving the same problems that were already solved in Rails. At some point it dawned on me that I could just build on top of a few parts of Rails, so I did. I wrote about it at https://fly.io/ruby-dispatch/single-file-rails-app/ https://fly.io/ruby-dispatch/single-file-rails-app/ I’m glad I did! Now I can plug all of the Rails template handlers, view components, and other Rails plugins into it and ride off that entire community’s docs. If you find yourself thinking, “rails is too heavy”, consider shedding the parts of Rails that you don’t need. Then as your application grows in complexity and you find yourself needing more parts of Rails, bring it back in.