Ruby on Rails

Discussions focus on the use, relevance, promotion, and alternatives to Ruby on Rails in web development, highlighting its role in projects and companies like GitHub and Shopify.

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aupajo Apr 24, 2008 View on HN

Give Rails a whirl, you won't regret it.

syspec Feb 16, 2021 View on HN

Try rails you won't look back

nathancahill Jul 6, 2016 View on HN

At least it's not Rails anymore /s

toyg Apr 21, 2023 View on HN

Let me introduce you to this thing called Rails, used to be pretty hot...

pbreit May 8, 2023 View on HN

GitHub & Shopify both run substantially on Rails.

joelbluminator Dec 23, 2020 View on HN

Frankly Im surprised you aint using Rails!

handbanana Jun 7, 2018 View on HN

Rails :(. Would be interested to see how it fairs using the most up to date rails/ruby versions

pacifika Mar 18, 2022 View on HN

So this is a rails alternative?

michaelchisari Oct 5, 2011 View on HN

Looking into rails? What are they using currently?

kimshibal Nov 26, 2016 View on HN

THIS, even rails is not cool anymore. It just fucking works