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by staticint 3807 days ago
Having used Rails seriously since it was originally made available as an open source project, I find myself agreeing with you less and less. It has really failed to stand the test of time, in my opinion.

I agree that it nailed the needs of web applications in 2004. If you are still building web applications like they did then, perhaps it is still the best tool. In the circles I find myself in, there is a push for much more Javascript heavy applications and Rails starts to become a large hinderance more than a help in that environment, when compared to other tools.

We've built a log of great software together over the years, but I can honestly say that I'm not going to rush into using it in future projects.

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This is a bizarre comment. Rails failed to stand the test of time because it doesn't play very nicely with monolithic JavaScript frameworks? Are you asserting that such frameworks are the future?
I think they are referring to most UI logic being on the client, not on server. That architecture does not require a monolithic JS framework, nor does Rails offer anything special in that case.
"Doesn't offer anything special" is quite different than "starts to become a large hindrance."
What are you using then and why is it better than Rails? Just curious.
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