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In many ways, Rails is the new VB. A little hyperbolic, perhaps, but I see a similar mindset when people ignore the language Ruby and live only in the world of
by karterk 13y ago
In many ways, Rails is the new VB. A little hyperbolic, perhaps, but I see a similar mindset when people ignore the language Ruby and live only in the world of Rails, eventually leading to shitty code.
- Argorak 13y agoIt doesn't necessarily lead to shitty code. There, it is a question of how good he is a _race car driving_. (For those that don't want to click the link: (turing-unaware) race car drivers are programmers that know a single high-level technology very well, but are unaware of the things that the technology is based on. Somehow like Formula 1-drivers.) https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/age-racecar-driver https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/age-racecar-driver
- robin_reala 13y agoInteresting link: David Hansson, creator of Rails, is also a professional race car driver. http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/#driver http://david.heinemeierhansson.com/#driver
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