Ruby on Rails

I've been using Ruby on Rails since v1 (back in 2005/2006). Yeah, I'm one of those early adopters who jumped on the Rails bandwagon when it was still this scrappy little framework that promised to make web development fun again. And you know what? Twenty years later, I'm still head-over-heels in love with it.

It Still Just Works

Remember when Rails first came out with that famous "15-minute blog" demo? The magic wasn't just in the speed – it was in how everything just clicked together. Well, guess what? That magic is still there, but now it's even better.

It still maintains that original Rails philosophy of "convention over configuration." You can still get a fully functional web app up and running in minutes, not hours.

Ruby is a Joy to Write

While everyone's debating the merits of different programming languages, I'm over here still genuinely enjoying writing Ruby code. It reads like English, it's expressive as heck, and it lets you focus on solving problems instead of fighting with syntax.

It might not be the fastest language on the planet, but you know what? For 99% of web applications, it's plenty fast enough. Any arguments about the performance of Ruby on Rails have been thoroughly debunked by the likes of GitHub, Shopify, and Kickstarter.

Why I'm Not Going Anywhere

Look, I've tried other frameworks. I've built apps in Node.js, played with Go, experimented with the latest hotness (like Elixir/Phoenix). And you know what I always come back to? Rails. Not because I'm stuck in the past, but because it consistently delivers what I need: a productive, maintainable, and dare I say it – fun way to build web applications.

Twenty years later, Rails is still here, still evolving, and still making web development a joy. In a world of constant technological churn, there's something beautifully reassuring about a framework that just keeps getting better without losing its soul.

So yeah, I'm still team Rails in 2025. And honestly? I can't imagine being anywhere else.