They were only a de fact web stack at certain types of shops, I have been doing Java, .NET and C++ all along, Rails came and went, and I kept doing boring technology.
I guess by now Rails could also be considered boring technology.
It is tiring to keep track of latest fads, specially those that don't happen to stick around, so only move when dust settles down.
Yeah one might lose business opportunities from not being first mover, on the other hand, there are business opportunities to port back the surviving projects into classical development stacks.
For me, still much better than dealing with management.
I guess by now Rails could also be considered boring technology.
It is tiring to keep track of latest fads, specially those that don't happen to stick around, so only move when dust settles down.
Yeah one might lose business opportunities from not being first mover, on the other hand, there are business opportunities to port back the surviving projects into classical development stacks.
For me, still much better than dealing with management.