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As usual, isn't the next question... "What are you trying to build?" I build most projects in Elixir/Phoenix these days, but wouldn't flinch at ROR if you are

• zahlman 2y ago
  >What are you trying to build? Indeed. Not everything even has to be a "web app" in the first place.
• kieloo 2y ago
  Right now, an AI tool that generates mockups for branding agencies. But I’m still validating the idea so who knows. Ideally, I would like a stack that would work for most SaaS I may think of building. Tempted to give Elixir Phoenix a try. I briefly tried it a few years back and it just felt right.
  • Lio 2y ago
    As it's just you I'd stick with Ruby on Rails 8[1] as you already know it and I think it could realistically easily achieve what you're proposing. There's lots of libraries for calling out external AI services. e.g. something like FastMCP[2]. From the sound of it that's all you need. I'd use Hotwire[3] for the frontend and Hotwire Native if you want to rollout an app version quickly. I'd back it with SolidCache, SolidQueue, etc I'd use Kamal[4] to run it on cheap hosting using on something cheap from Hetzner. 1. https://rubyonrails.org/ https://rubyonrails.org/ 2. https://github.com/yjacquin/fast-mcp https://github.com/yjacquin/fast-mcp 3. https://hotwired.dev/ https://hotwired.dev/ 4. https://kamal-deploy.org/ https://kamal-deploy.org/