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There’s a thing here that seems to separate people like the article author from…well, from me. They just have a deep, deep affection for Ruby and Rails. It mak
by shermantanktop 2y ago
There’s a thing here that seems to separate people like the article author from…well, from me. They just have a deep, deep affection for Ruby and Rails.
It makes everything great, and every new surprise is like discovering that your new special friend also knows how to juggle! And speaks Cantonese! How cool is that?? Oh, they’re afraid of spiders? How cute. But did you know they went to Ecuador in college?
There’s a honeymoon effect that just never stops, whereas for me it never started. I’m actually jealous.
- Glyptodon 2y agoPersonally, I don't like a variety of things about Rails. Like its love for pluralization of everything. But every time I've wanted to have similar productivity with say, a Javascript backend, I find it basically impossible. At the same time, I am always shocked out how many people fight against Rails conventions when building in Rails. (Not that you've done this, but seriously, I take over a random code base and they'll have done something like written a worse version of Active Job from scratch for no real reason.)
- Lutger 2y agoVery accurate. Every programming language or framework has this kind of emotional attachment of enthusiastic users, to a certain extent. But nothing quite like Rails. Its in the culture.
- krschacht 2y agoI find this fascinating as well. And I think it’s because part of the ruby & rails cultures are to deliberate cultivate delightful touches in the language & framework. This creates a positive feedback loop that has kept the “honeymoon phase” alive much longer (at least for me) than many other technologies I’ve fallen in love with.