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i find this critique interesting, because i believe the initial momentum behind rails was sparked by a video about how to create a blog using rails without any

• bdcravens 3y ago
  An almost 20 year old demo from the creator really doesn't address the issue of community resources. Any application of minimal complexity needs to solve problems that demo doesn't begin to address, and beginners need access to resources to guide them in solving those problems.
• bongobingo1 3y ago
  Some how nostalgic for those plain invert-colours buttons that rails used to have. Also DHH's iconic "whuups!" every 2 minutes is pretty funny to relive.
• lobstrosity420 3y ago
  Also Railscasts.
• seattle_spring 3y ago
  Not to mention that Rails was the language-de-jour for most bootcamps between 2012 and 2017 or so. The problem was running into developers who only knew Rails, not finding ones that didn’t know it at all.