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Discussion on: What's the state of Ruby? Is it trending down for good or just settling in to a mature niche role?

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Ben Halpern

Helix looks way further along than when I last heard about it. That is absolutely going to be a big boon for Ruby.

I asked this question because I have a hard time articulating why I stick with Ruby. DHH's keynote which touched on culture said a lot, but I still am not sure. A couple months ago I wrote a classic Ruby bug where I passed the wrong value to a method and it really made me yearn for some stronger typing.

In many ways Ruby fits my personality and I get what DHH often says about the community and culture, but I often feel at odds with it, like intellectually.

Thanks for a really well-articulated view.