I mean... I can start a new project, create some models/tables and relations between them, and deploy it to heroku with admin login and decent interface and file upload... in half an hour?
and... this little project I create in half an hour, can be scaled up to handle tens of thousands of requests a second. Or wrapped with a native navigation and served up to mobile/desktop users, or integrate with any number of apis and services. And I can put it down for 5 years, come back and (almost)instantly know how to continue working on it; development in rails often has a certain obviousness to it. You spend time solving the interesting problems instead of the boring ones.
But the real kicker, is doing it in rails is enjoyable and effective; one person can deliver similar software that takes multiple teams many months to do in megacorps.
I've also had a number of managers hiring for phoenix/python/java stacks tell me they have a hard time finding the sort of developers they like working with outside of rails. I found that surprising - but rails does have a culture of effectiveness and happiness that other stacks do not share.
Anyway, If you have an idea and want to get something working but that can also carry you beyond prototype; Rails is a great choice. A complete development framework, well documented, great community, strong history, designed for enjoyment and effectiveness; that checks all the boxes for me.
I mean... I can start a new project, create some models/tables and relations between them, and deploy it to heroku with admin login and decent interface and file upload... in half an hour?
and... this little project I create in half an hour, can be scaled up to handle tens of thousands of requests a second. Or wrapped with a native navigation and served up to mobile/desktop users, or integrate with any number of apis and services. And I can put it down for 5 years, come back and (almost)instantly know how to continue working on it; development in rails often has a certain obviousness to it. You spend time solving the interesting problems instead of the boring ones.
But the real kicker, is doing it in rails is enjoyable and effective; one person can deliver similar software that takes multiple teams many months to do in megacorps.
I've also had a number of managers hiring for phoenix/python/java stacks tell me they have a hard time finding the sort of developers they like working with outside of rails. I found that surprising - but rails does have a culture of effectiveness and happiness that other stacks do not share.
Anyway, If you have an idea and want to get something working but that can also carry you beyond prototype; Rails is a great choice. A complete development framework, well documented, great community, strong history, designed for enjoyment and effectiveness; that checks all the boxes for me.