[jhbadger]

Seriously, there is more to computing than the Web. I've used Ruby for more than 25 years and never used Rails. I'm a computational biologist and like to use Bioruby to automate various sequence-based tasks. Not as popular as BioPython (or I suppose Bioperl if anyone is still using that), but a similar niche.

[manume]

That's great, but from my experience, 90% of Rubyists I met are working with Rails. "Divorcing" from Rails is therefore absurd, just stuff people say who don't like DHH for one reason or another.

[throwatdem12311]

We work with Rails but there is more to programming (and Ruby) than work. Sinatra micro services were a thing for a while. Hanami is decent. But the reason we use Rails is pretty simple…it’s great, easy to onboard developers, it’s battle tested, well maintained and has a massive ecosystem.

I don’t even care that DHH is a Nazi because you know what I can use it for non-Nazi stuff and there’s nothing he can do about it. I get his labour for free. He’s like my little Nazi monkey slave.

[dzonga]

this is great example of framing.

my take I use ruby a lot too - DHH might be disagreeable - but the one thing is one bright light i.e Rails ends up dimming the others. so when it cracks - like it did - people go to the next room, even though the current room has enough light.