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Rails' Ridiculous Restrictions, a Rant
- joshwa 19y agosome of that stuff has been fixed in the 1.5 years since this was written...
- brett 19y agoDHH responds in the commments: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.309321.4#discussTopic309404 http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.309321....
- tuukkah 19y agoTook me a while to realize the rant wasn't by Joel.
- tx 19y agoNotice how DB-centric that guy is. That is exactly why I disguise SQL-servers and prefer to keep everything (well... as much as possible) written in one language (Ruby) and this is precisely what Rails is good at. DB performs two very-very boring actions: it only stores and retreives data for you. Definitely not the most exciting things a software hacker dreams of. One very smart guy once called all databases "toilets where we keep our @#it, I prefer less primitive activities". Rails tries as much as possible to relief a programmer from this repetitive #@it-taking exercise.
- sbraford 19y agoOT: yeah, but have you ever passed a really, really large one? For a few seconds there, you think you're about to meet your maker.
- spiralhead 19y agoI think you could use some fiber in your diet (am I supposed to include some sort of programming metaphor?).
- thomasswift 19y agoThis is old. Switchtower is now Capistrano and reaching a version 2.0
- Readmore 19y agoYou're funny jcwentz
- jcwentz 19y agoI didn't write it, I just posted this link.
- chaostheory 19y agoReminds me of the rants people make against Apple's software