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What About Rails?

334 points · 236 comments · jrochkind1

  1. jkartchner · · focus · HN ↗
    I know this is not exactly a nuanced take, but why would anyone take advice about the future of technology whose contributions are now limited to an opinionated email app? I appreciate that tech is and will change even more, but relegating an entire ecosystem to the dustbin because you're feeling bullish about LLMs seems...premature.
    1. Aurornis · · focus · HN ↗
      The Ruby on Rails community has always been hard to separate from DHH.

      The fact that he went on stage at a Ruby on Rails keynote and talked about his current passions instead of Rails is kind of typical for his style of leadership. The Ruby on Rails project and community were always the DHH show, even though there were years where they tried hard to act like it was an independent community run project now.

      This late in the game, I think most RoR fans who are committed enough to attend a RoR conference have aligned themselves with DHH more than RoR, which is why you see some positive responses to a RoR keynote that didn't talk about RoR.

      1. _doctor_love · · focus · HN ↗
        Agree, DHH is a bit like Elon - some folks are all-in on him while others see him as toxic.
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