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Ironically, Rails is now in the category of "boring technology" but each major version introduces enough breaking API changes that many apps never get updated.

Ironically, Rails is now in the category of "boring technology" but each major version introduces enough breaking API changes that many apps never get updated. So all the pain of spending a token and little of the pleasure. With smaller, more loosely-coupled modules, one can spend a fraction of a token here or there and still revert back to the boring way when necessary.

frandroid 12y ago
I'd argue that Rails is in the business of making new technology boring, so it kind of sits at the edge of both; hence the breakage.
- grandalf 12y ago
  That's true. Though it's just monolithic enough that the breakage can be painful.