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Prototype the crappiest thing you can in RoR (if you're still happy to use it).

When you hit a problem ask people (most likely still doable as it's just REST api endpoints) and if not, possibly re-evaluate.

At worst you'll know if your idea is worthless (probably lol) and if the tools you used were good or not. Rinse-repeat.

Good luck!

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Thanks! The thing is, I like ROR but I don’t love it. As in, I like it a lot better than full stack JS but it doesn’t feel quite right. That’s why I’m tempted to give Elixir Phoenix a try.

Is your goal to ship a product and get customers, or to learn a framework?

Both are totally valid, but they're somewhat orthogonal.

Getting customers is the main goal but I’m lucky enough to have an existing SaaS that pays the bills on autopilot so I can afford to learn and not get results nearly as fast.

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