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Do people still use Ruby on Rails? Why build this for Rails instead of some other framework?
by darrenspencer95 1y ago
Do people still use Ruby on Rails? Why build this for Rails instead of some other framework?
- kody_06 1y agoAbsolutely! Rails continues to power incredibly productive teams and large-scale apps (GitHub, Shopify, Airbnb, Stripe, etc.). Rails uniquely enables small teams—or even solo developers—to build powerful, integrated apps quickly, which is exactly the environment I want for an AI agent. Rails’ structure (ActiveRecord, migrations, generators, rich conventions) provides a deeply introspectable, consistent, and predictable environment—perfect for autonomous AI agents to learn, understand, and reliably execute tasks. Other frameworks often require more custom glue or boilerplate. Rails is "batteries-included," which lets an AI agent leverage existing integrations (like Twilio, Gmail, Stripe, Quickbooks, etc.) out-of-the-box, making it the ideal playground for experimenting with powerful, generalized agents. I built my first startup on Rails, it's extremely powerful and productive for solo devs, and my tool of choice for building quickly. :)