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/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://lisette.run/" rel="nofollow">https://lisette.run/).
Bottom line is dynamic languages are obsolete. There is really no benefits from using them outside very small throw away scripts.
shikck200 · · focus · HN ↗
If you go the LLM route something like Go is probably the goto default for MOST networking/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://lisette.run/" rel="nofollow">https://lisette.run/).
Bottom line is dynamic languages are obsolete. There is really no benefits from using them outside very small throw away scripts.
pjmlp · · focus · HN ↗
BASIC and Lisp were invented with machine code generation as part of the REPL workflow, interpreters have always been the exception.
In BASIC's case for a brief moment interpreters were favoured only due to 8 bit home computer's hardware limitations.
If we are going the way of 5 GL (as LLMs being the 4GL revenge), natural language is quite dynamic to start with.