The fact that Rails ‘won’ is not interesting; it’s been the status quo for years. It’s obvious that it won when people copy Rails down to the letter, including the mistakes.
Arguing for ‘the market’ is a tedious exercise in explaining that the collective choices we made were actually the right one, and we can’t possibly have nice things because mass appeal is all that matters.
The problem is not that Rails has huge market share or is successful or has “won”.
The problem is that the Ruby community is reduced to Rails and the community is playing along. It would be a much stronger community if it made clear that we have the Rails approach, but also many other, equally valid ones. Still, if you go down that route, “why not in Rails?” is always the question people ask you - even with some bewilderment.
I still remember a conference where I got shouted at in the Q&A because I gave a talk about how Rails is a valid approach of development, but does not fit every bill and we should also talk about others.
The fact that Rails ‘won’ is not interesting; it’s been the status quo for years. It’s obvious that it won when people copy Rails down to the letter, including the mistakes.
Arguing for ‘the market’ is a tedious exercise in explaining that the collective choices we made were actually the right one, and we can’t possibly have nice things because mass appeal is all that matters.
(Obviously, I reject these values.)
The problem is not that Rails has huge market share or is successful or has “won”.
The problem is that the Ruby community is reduced to Rails and the community is playing along. It would be a much stronger community if it made clear that we have the Rails approach, but also many other, equally valid ones. Still, if you go down that route, “why not in Rails?” is always the question people ask you - even with some bewilderment.
I still remember a conference where I got shouted at in the Q&A because I gave a talk about how Rails is a valid approach of development, but does not fit every bill and we should also talk about others.
Interesting response post to My time with rails is up which was posted here the other day.