> I'm going to state a likely unpopular opinion now, and advocate that most typical SAAS / CRUD projects start with Rails, and build from there.
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Rails can get you very, very, far. While it's sexy appeal has faded, it's real beauty has shone. I can hop into most rails codebases and be productive in a few hours. I can come back to my own projects and still understand whats going on. I think that's huge. Sure there are newer things out there, but nothing beats rails for productivity or maintainability and overall developer happiness - tenants i hold in high regard.
Exploring new tech is great - doing it in production is asking for trouble of all sorts. If you want to build something that lasts for a long time, build it as boring as possible.
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Rails can get you very, very, far. While it's sexy appeal has faded, it's real beauty has shone. I can hop into most rails codebases and be productive in a few hours. I can come back to my own projects and still understand whats going on. I think that's huge. Sure there are newer things out there, but nothing beats rails for productivity or maintainability and overall developer happiness - tenants i hold in high regard.
Exploring new tech is great - doing it in production is asking for trouble of all sorts. If you want to build something that lasts for a long time, build it as boring as possible.