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by BMorearty 1870 days ago
Even in hindsight I think Rails was a good choice for Airbnb. It got the company to where it needed to be. If they had chosen something else, there would have been different trade offs. The early team really benefited from the productivity benefits of Rails.

Source: I worked at Airbnb for five years and a very early team member told me this.