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Good work to everybody involved. Looking into donating now. Ruby/Rails and its ecosystem continues to prove itself the practical, boring, reliable workhorse op

Good work to everybody involved. Looking into donating now. Ruby/Rails and its ecosystem continues to prove itself the practical, boring, reliable workhorse option.

princevegeta89 1y ago
Boring? Not really. My 2c: it is more enjoyable than the Js/Ts ecosystem we have today.
- woodruffw 1y ago
  I think they meant boring in a positive way, as in "choose boring technology."
wredcoll 1y ago
God, this gave me flashbacks to people saying the same thing, except with perl.
f4stjack 1y ago
Agreed. Time and time again, I wished I'd knew Ruby and/or RoR. Do you know any good (and "boring" as in time-tested & practical) tutorials/learning resources?
- janfoeh 1y ago
  "Programming Ruby" [0] ("the pickaxe book") and "Agile Web Development with Rails" [1], both from Pragmatic Programmers. I learned Ruby and Rails through them in the late 2000's; they are still being released as new editions. It has been a while since I bought new books from PragProg, but they used to have a recurring sale of ~40% off around late autumn (thanksgiving?). [0] https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby5/programming-ruby-3-3-5th-edition/ https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby5/programming-ruby-3-3-5th-e... [1] https://pragprog.com/titles/rails8/agile-web-development-with-rails-8/ https://pragprog.com/titles/rails8/agile-web-development-wit...
  - f4stjack 1y ago
    Ta! Heard about them but will definitely check them out.