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There are many more Rails developers out there, but there are also a lot of hacks in the community. There are probably close to as many good Django developers a
by EvilTrout 17y ago
There are many more Rails developers out there, but there are also a lot of hacks in the community. There are probably close to as many good Django developers as there are good Rails developers - you just don't have to hunt through the bad ones as much to find them.
Sorry, what? How could one possibly know there are more hacks in the Rails community than in the Django community?
I'm all for comparing the merits of various languages and frameworks, but this article is more about gut feelings than facts.
- rapind 17y agoI agree entirely. My impression was that he feels rails is too accessible and hence there are too many hacks using it. He wanted to feel more like a hacker, and rails hid (of course by hide he means publishing the source code) too much of it's magic. In fact, I think publishing an article on Rails v.s. Django and posting it to Hacker News stinks of SEO.
- jasford 17y agoHi there - this is Jason - the guy who wrote the original post. I just found this forum with comments via a Google search. Actually, the only place I posted a link was on a moderated Django Google group. The linking and commentary came as a surprise to me - I wasn't really sure anyone would read it! Not sure who posted it to Hacker News.
- rapind 17y agoMy bad Jason. Your article struck a sour note with me that day for some reason.