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by bendangelo 544 days ago
Use rvm to install ruby. Ruby dev sucks on Windows, mac only.
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koshersalt 544 days ago
I think this is a major reason Ruby had trouble taking off compared to Python. Most desktops were Windows, especially for businesses.
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liprais 544 days ago
typical hn comments,ignoring elephant in the room.
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ufmace 543 days ago
It actually works quite well, if you use WSL.

Ruby itself works okay on bare-metal Windows, but virtually guaranteed any decent size Rails project will use some native gem that's a nightmare to get to build on Windows.

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TiredOfLife 544 days ago
Ruby and rvm sucks also on linux (at least on SteamDeck).
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jstummbillig 544 days ago
What sucks about it?
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bendangelo 544 days ago
Most gems with native extensions won't work. Gems that listen to filesystem changes like guard can be buggy. I recommend using Mac or Linux for Ruby on Rails development.
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chucke 543 days ago
The listen gem works on windows: https://github.com/guard/listen?tab=readme-ov-file#listen-ad... . Not sure whether guard builds on top of it.
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