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I'm sure that Rails is great and powers many websites and that many devs loves it. I'm also sure that people are working hard to fix these recent security issu
by martinced 14y ago
I'm sure that Rails is great and powers many websites and that many devs loves it.
I'm also sure that people are working hard to fix these recent security issues and perfs issues.
But as a non-Rails dev I can tell you one thing: with all the attention that Rails got lately I'm sure I'll never be learning Ruby / Rails.
I'm into Clojure right now. Next target is Go.
Sadly all these Rails exploits do have a negative effect for Rails: I'm not saying this to criticize Rails. I'm saying this because I'm honestly 100% sure I'll never ever be doing anything serious with Rails and I know I'm not the only one in this case.
So, Rails devs, fix this and fix this rather sooner than later because every exploit is missed opportunities.
- erydo 14y agoWhen you bring up Clojure, I think it's fair to point out that, beyond even the default-unsafe reader thing brought up a couple weeks ago, the JVM itself has had several fatal security issues recently. No platform is completely without bugs. That said, I don't really know if RoR has had more than normal or whether they're just more widely talked about. It does have a huge and vocal user-base.
- ldh 14y agoI don't write Ruby either right now, but I would suggest you not discount it as a nice language because of your perceptions of Rails.