On: How I've built a profitable Slack bot as a side project in Rails

[nxrabl]

"Rails" is in the title, but there isn't really anything in the article about what the advantages of using Rails for a Slack bot are. What have been people's experience using Rails for this kind of app?

[TomK32 → nxrabl]

Not done a slackbot (yet?), only a few small app and a large 7-yr-project, but with Rails it's really about whether or not you love Ruby. There's still Sinatra but that's about it in regards to web-frameworks. Rails is perfect for punching out a prototype quick and heroku (which started as an online Rails-editor) make delivery very easy.

Try ruby and see if you like the language.

[andrei_says_ → TomK32]

Hanami is growing in popularity and Roda is a rock-solid and faster alternative to Sinatra.

Both worth considering.

[pawurb → nxrabl]

I used Rails because that's what I am familiar with. I don't tech stack makes any difference though.

[douchescript → nxrabl]

Well leveraging rails and quality plugins makes for extremely short development time. Author mentions low server load for this app so prime candidate for rails imho.