I'm a Python developer, and I've been deciding whether fighting the awful syntax of Ruby [1] and the complexity of Rails is worth the effort. I'm divided, beca

I'm a Python developer, and I've been deciding whether fighting the awful syntax of Ruby [1] and the complexity of Rails is worth the effort. I'm divided, because it looks like an awful mess that will take a long time to learn, but a lot of YC companies use it and a lot of HN'ers swear by it. Is there a reason you didn't build your blog using Python (presumably with Flask or Django or the like), other than your existing familiarity with Rails? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5872899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5872899