Business loves easy-to-build websites. That's how Rails got traction. It promises a quick way to market -- and that's not a lie -- but the maintenance cost over time grows way too much for it to be worth it. Rails is awesome for MVPs, prototypes and small projects. An argument can be made for mid-sized projects; depends on the other dependencies, but IMO it shouldn't be used in the mid-sized area.
Still, businessmen prefer short-term gains over saving costs in the long-term. And that's how Rails gained popularity. And that's why many devs, me included, are having a very hard time moving away from it -- in my case to Go and Elixir.
Business loves easy-to-build websites. That's how Rails got traction. It promises a quick way to market -- and that's not a lie -- but the maintenance cost over time grows way too much for it to be worth it. Rails is awesome for MVPs, prototypes and small projects. An argument can be made for mid-sized projects; depends on the other dependencies, but IMO it shouldn't be used in the mid-sized area.
Still, businessmen prefer short-term gains over saving costs in the long-term. And that's how Rails gained popularity. And that's why many devs, me included, are having a very hard time moving away from it -- in my case to Go and Elixir.