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by mavelikara 3435 days ago
> There are a lot of vocal people who make it seem like you should be doing everything in Go or Angular or what have you

It might be hard to believe now, but Rails also went through this stage of vocal supporters advocating for it over alternatives. If you go back and watch the introduction video [1], you have DHH creating a blog in 15 minutes using RoR. I remember being impressed by it and vocally pushing for it where I worked then. :)

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzj723LkRJY

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Crikey that takes me back. Almost 12 years ago! I was 23 then and big-time into .NET but caught wind of this and watched it (hooray for student housing with decent net speeds -- sometimes, off-peak!) with an amused smirk as so much other tech stuff that comes and goes. Funny, this kind of stuff wouldn't raise an eyebrow today, other than "15 minutes to create a blog" in a fresh framework install being perceived as suspiciously cumbersome at best! ;) do realize that it was a much needed breath of fresh air back in the day for what was the widespread "LAMP stack" (linux/apache/mysql/php for ye young'uns) ..