[jonsmock]

After about a day of thinking on this, I think I've come around. I still don't think I would have pulled the trigger on this, but I respect the people that did.

And, again, I absolutely love CoffeeScript and support it 100%. I'm less infatuated with HAML and SASS, but it may simply be that I haven't used them enough. SASS in particular looks very useful.

Regardless, I agree with DHH's tweet yesterday [1] that Rails is a curated set of ideas/technologies. Pretty much by definition it's not one-size-fits-all. I think this is the first time I've found myself on the opposite side of a Rails technology switch decision, which is pretty amazing. I'm looking forward to giving it a chance, and I can always switch back, if it doesn't work out.

[1] http://twitter.com/#!/dhh/status/58286524151775232