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This list cements the idea that without massive budgets Rails becomes a challenge once you reach a certain point. The argument against Rails isn't that it can't
by bdcravens 4y ago
This list cements the idea that without massive budgets Rails becomes a challenge once you reach a certain point. The argument against Rails isn't that it can't scale, but that doing so requires a certain level of complexity that is untenable for certain sizes and types of teams.
Shopify has built massive tooling (https://shopify.engineering/shopify-made-patterns-in-our-rails-apps https://shopify.engineering/shopify-made-patterns-in-our-rai...). Github was stuck on an old version of Rails for years due to the amount of customization they had done. (It was actually a big deal when they finally were able to run on the latest version: https://github.blog/2018-09-28-upgrading-github-from-rails-3-2-to-5-2/ https://github.blog/2018-09-28-upgrading-github-from-rails-3...)