[infamouscow]

The real problem is programmers that understand how a computer works end-to-end is becoming increasingly rare, and possibly accelerated by the adoption of LLMs.

A lot of them prefer to write Ruby because it is simply the most beautiful language they know of. Technical details are merely a formality expressed in code that borders art.

I was under the impression the industry was collectively moving in that direction, but then bootcamps ushered in a new era of midwit frontend developers hell bent on reinventing the wheel from scratch (poorly).

[Capricorn2481]

This makes it sound like new devs entering the work force are learning Ruby, which doesn't really make sense. I mean, look at the article title. Ruby's audience seem to be people that have been using it for 8+ years.

The commenter you're replying to, in fact, is saying lack of fundamentals is the reason people AREN'T using Ruby