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> It became the foundation for numerous successful companies - Airbnb, Shopify, Github, Instacart, Gusto, Square, and others. Probably a trillion dollars worth

> It became the foundation for numerous successful companies - Airbnb, Shopify, Github, Instacart, Gusto, Square, and others. Probably a trillion dollars worth of businesses run on Ruby on Rails today. Do those companies still run their businesses on RoR? My impression was that companies started out with it, but migrated to something more robust as their traffic grew.

philip1209 2y ago
I know for sure Shopify, Github, and Gusto are big Rails shops. Amazon was recently hiring for Rails to work on a podcast app they bought, too.
- tate_thurston 2y ago
  Yep, I’m at Amazon, now working on said podcasting subsidiary, ART19. We’re a rails shop. There are a few acquisition companies and teams using Rails inside Amazon.
Levitating 2y ago
Airbnb, Shopify and GitHub I can say never migrated away from RoR. The others I don't know. Shopify is actually quite active in Ruby development and famously uses the new JIT compiler.
- troad 2y ago
  Shopify made the new Ruby JIT compiler. [0] They're on the Rails Foundation, as is 1Password, among others. Stripe is still in on Ruby too; they're behind the Sorbet gradual type system, and Ruby is a first-class language for working with their API. I always hear the stereotype of companies starting on Rails and migrating later, and I think it sticks around because it makes some level of intuitive sense, but it doesn't actually appear to happen all that often. I guess successful companies don't see the need to rewrite a successful codebase when they can just put good engineers to work on optimising it instead. [0] https://shopify.engineering/ruby-yjit-is-production-ready https://shopify.engineering/ruby-yjit-is-production-ready
pianoben 2y ago
Instacart had an engineer presenting at Rails World 2024 just a few months ago; they're still heavily invested in the platform.

philip1209 2y ago

I know for sure Shopify, Github, and Gusto are big Rails shops. Amazon was recently hiring for Rails to work on a podcast app they bought, too.

tate_thurston 2y ago
Yep, I’m at Amazon, now working on said podcasting subsidiary, ART19. We’re a rails shop. There are a few acquisition companies and teams using Rails inside Amazon.

Levitating 2y ago

Airbnb, Shopify and GitHub I can say never migrated away from RoR. The others I don't know. Shopify is actually quite active in Ruby development and famously uses the new JIT compiler.

troad 2y ago
Shopify made the new Ruby JIT compiler. [0] They're on the Rails Foundation, as is 1Password, among others. Stripe is still in on Ruby too; they're behind the Sorbet gradual type system, and Ruby is a first-class language for working with their API. I always hear the stereotype of companies starting on Rails and migrating later, and I think it sticks around because it makes some level of intuitive sense, but it doesn't actually appear to happen all that often. I guess successful companies don't see the need to rewrite a successful codebase when they can just put good engineers to work on optimising it instead. [0] https://shopify.engineering/ruby-yjit-is-production-ready https://shopify.engineering/ruby-yjit-is-production-ready

pianoben 2y ago

Instacart had an engineer presenting at Rails World 2024 just a few months ago; they're still heavily invested in the platform.