[tunesmith]

So many big frameworks are oriented towards big companies and many hands, and I understand why, but I wonder if there are examples of frameworks that are designed for single authors, that are designed to stay simple and change slowly, like an LTS release. Like, I still know how to write html hooked to php scripts, but once you want a javascript event model it seems like React swallows everything.

[irq11]

Rails works really well for single engineer projects. It’s just not the hotness of the moment.

It’s pretty cringeworthy to see someone parroting the “use boring technology” line, then immediately running off and making an SPA for something that...let’s be real...could probably be done in a week or two by a single developer with a Rails install and little else.

[x0x0]

another vote for rails, bootstrap, and a sprinkling of jquery.

[jon-wood]

I’ve been having a fantastic time lately with Rails and a bit of Stimulus for bits that need the extra interactivity offered by Javascript. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that both of those came out of 37 Signals, who are laser focused on delivering just enough software to give customers what they need to do their job.