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matpin··on Doing Rails Wrong
Software complexity is bikeshedding? I disagree. I think it's one of the most important things, especially for startups.

Of course Hey is still young... But I'm pretty sure you also know that they have Basecamp with 3M+ users. I mentioned Hey because I think it's a great example of sth more than lists/forms.

matpin··on Doing Rails Wrong
The question I think we should be asking: Why? Why are we replacing everything with React and a bunch of other libs on top of it?

The front-end dev space feels like a cacophony of people all blurting out the same over-engineered stack. If your app is a few lists, a chart, and a form... Does it _reaaallly_ need React?

37signals is afterall running multiple successful products with Rails, and one of them is an email client.

I liked this video, maybe you will to: https://youtu.be/mTa2d3OLXhg?si=nhqGO4lPaAcP0mdm&t=3000

I don't agree with everything DHH says, but I think he has a really good point.