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Ruby is something like a "improved" Python, with a better OO system, a code block syntax that makes it easy to use callbacks, more consistent standard libraries
by lucasoshiro 2y ago
Ruby is something like a "improved" Python, with a better OO system, a code block syntax that makes it easy to use callbacks, more consistent standard libraries, etc. It could be what Python is today.
I wouldn't say niche, but the killer app of Ruby is Rails, a web framework similar to Django. In fact, many people treat them as they are the same. But there are big projects that use Ruby and that are not related to Rails. As far as I remember: Metasploit, Homebrew, Vagrant and Jekyll.
Personally I think Ruby is amazing language for writing shell scripts. I write a blog post about it, you can see it and its discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40763640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40763640
- yyyyz 2y agoCan you name one way Ruby has parity with Python? Ruby is a dead language that uses sponsored posts here. Nobody actually uses this since like 2018 but some people are paid to hype it up. Just look at the empty praise. No real applications mentioned.
- pawelduda 2y agoYes, nothing real, just some githubs and shopifys
- mpbart 2y agoThe yearly ruby release announcement getting to the top of hackernews every year certainly seems to imply that it’s not a dead language
- latexr 2y ago> Nobody actually uses this since like 2018 but some people are paid to hype it up. What’s the conspiracy theory here? Why would anyone be paying people to hype Ruby? What could possibly be the end goal?
- empthought 2y ago> Why would anyone be paying people to hype Ruby? What could possibly be the end goal? Hiring increasingly disinterested junior devs.
- nonconstant 2y agoIt's not just the well-known GitHub, Shopify, Chime, Figma, Zendesk, Convertkit (Kit), Coinbase etc. See the "few" companies here, actively hiring Rubyists for no reason https://rubyonremote.com/remote-companies/ https://rubyonremote.com/remote-companies/ Square, Gitlab, Cisco, Figma, Instacart, Block, Calendly, 1password, and so on