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One benefit i found over rails was just some of the libraries were more modern. I'm not a backend developer, so maybe I'm just not skilled enough to know how to
by guywithahat 1y ago
One benefit i found over rails was just some of the libraries were more modern. I'm not a backend developer, so maybe I'm just not skilled enough to know how to do these things, but I found rails libraries tended to be dated and missing more modern features.
Specifically I wanted to run both the API and website on the same server (since it was a small company), and with Rails the gem Devise didn't natively support both and while rodauth claimed to support both I couldn't get the build flag to work. With phoenix it just worked out of the box with the most popular libraries, allowing me to move on without becoming an expert in backend frameworks. I agree with most everything else the author said too, specifically about it being more performant and liveview allowing me to build more dynamic websites easily.
- dismalaf 1y ago> the gem Devise didn't natively support both Sounds like a Devise problem.
- jrochkind1 1y agoSounds like you're saying it sounds like a Devise problem.
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- gregors 1y agoA lot of ruby gems have definitely seemed to suffer from brain drain the last few years. It's worth noting that the creator of Elixir was also an author of Devise.