[mhd]

Better than before or better than Ruby?

I think you struck a valid point, though. There are lots of options for relatively small Python-esque web stacks, and considering that the architecture style seems to go that way – with lots of independent services and big JavaScript frontends – you're often quite well-served with Python.

But maybe that's just my somewhat biased perception, I wonder how the general trend of Python vs. Ruby fares in comparison to the trend of Django vs. Rails.

And speaking of bias: Once you get small services, interop features and libraries become quite important to save you work, and I have the feeling that quite often generic Ruby gems could use some work. Often there's a plethora of half-abandoned solutions for one task, all somewhat orphaned on Github.

Then again, both languages still don't come close to CPAN in that regard (then again, what does?).

[atdt]

Oh, I should've been clearer: I meant that things got a lot better than before. I don't know Ruby all that well so I have no basis for making comparisons.