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What About Rails?

334 points · 236 comments · jrochkind1

  1. shikck200 · · focus · HN ↗
    Rails, or even more so php have VERY little to bring to the table in 2026 going forward. Rails (ruby) is still a saner language than PHP, but as slow as php is. (granted ruby is not idiotic like PHP and runs rather than start/die).

    If you go the LLM route something like Go is probably the goto default for MOST networking&#x2F;web-first apps. You get static types, and a fast compile cycle (rust is still very slow here), and IF you want more from the language you can use something like Lisette (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lisette.run&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lisette.run&#x2F;).

    Bottom line is dynamic languages are obsolete. There is really no benefits from using them outside very small throw away scripts.

    1. vdfs · · focus · HN ↗
      Well that&#x27;s not something you say in a Rails conference, best language or framework for a project has been debated before I was born and will continue to be
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