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Boring? Not really.

My 2c: it is more enjoyable than the Js/Ts ecosystem we have today.

I think they meant boring in a positive way, as in "choose boring technology."

Agreed. Time and time again, I wished I'd knew Ruby and/or RoR. Do you know any good (and "boring" as in time-tested & practical) tutorials/learning resources?

"Programming Ruby" [0] ("the pickaxe book") and "Agile Web Development with Rails" [1], both from Pragmatic Programmers.

I learned Ruby and Rails through them in the late 2000's; they are still being released as new editions. It has been a while since I bought new books from PragProg, but they used to have a recurring sale of ~40% off around late autumn (thanksgiving?).

[0] https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby5/programming-ruby-3-3-5th-e...

[1] https://pragprog.com/titles/rails8/agile-web-development-wit...

Ta! Heard about them but will definitely check them out.

God, this gave me flashbacks to people saying the same thing, except with perl.