My biggest issue with rails is that the convention it forces you into feels like it's not really a one-size-fits-all solution. I typically build sites that are

My biggest issue with rails is that the convention it forces you into feels like it's not really a one-size-fits-all solution. I typically build sites that are a one-page or 2-3 page JS app running on an API, as opposed to the more traditional idea of backend paths that return html views. And it seemed like rails wasn't well-suited to that, which was why I didn't stick with it.