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by learc83 2641 days ago
I don't see rust as a natural move from Ruby at all. I think it's just people moving to next cool language. A few years ago when Go was at the peak of the hype cycle, you saw a lot of people moving there from Rails.

Rails to Phoenix/Elixr makes some sense. As for me, I'm moving backwards in the hype cycle. I started out with Ruby as my first programming language 15 years ago, but I'm spending more and more time in C# these day.s
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latch 2641 days ago
Which I think is a testament to the expressiveness and readability of Ruby and Elixir and how powerful some of the libraries are. Once you get past the superficial, they're nothing alike.

That said, I agree that anything you build in Ruby can be done in Elixir and you should be able to leverage a lot of benefit. The reverse isn't true.

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cheschire 2641 days ago
C# and TypeScript make for a powerful combination when developing web-based solutions, with the added benefit of making you flexible to switch over into desktop or server applications. Or, if you're feeling froggy, an entire OS (Cosmos).

Doesn't it feel so much nicer to just focus on the domain problems of new tasks without relearning how to talk to the computer?

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pjmlp 2641 days ago
Which is why I prefer platform languages, slowly adopting the best parts of trendy languages, no need to keep switching to the next shinning thing.

Pick platforms, not languages. But always learn what the others bring into the table as well.

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