Also, it did fill a little hype-filled, and DHH of Rails / Basecamp fame, seemed, to be honest, very arrogant. I heard more than one tech person look at a web site and say "that looks like a RoR site", like somehow the design was specific to RoR, so that felt like hype-cruft.
I understand how you feel. I like Ruby because it is fun to write and Rails is a great framework for prototyping, but I see why others wouldn't like it
Also, it did fill a little hype-filled, and DHH of Rails / Basecamp fame, seemed, to be honest, very arrogant. I heard more than one tech person look at a web site and say "that looks like a RoR site", like somehow the design was specific to RoR, so that felt like hype-cruft.
I understand how you feel. I like Ruby because it is fun to write and Rails is a great framework for prototyping, but I see why others wouldn't like it
Right, I'm not at all suggesting the hype was real, I just didn't have time to investigate.