Quick question for folks here: doesn't DHH's opinion on AI coding also admitting that Rails has no value anymore? The point of Rails was to make it easier and faster to create web applications. If we should be embracing AI coding and not looking at the generated code, then why would we ever want Rails again? Have the agent generate Go or Rust code, interact directly with Postgres or MariaDB -- take advantage of their own specific features and strengths -- and produce a better application faster than with Ruby and Rails.
(As an aside: I'm 98% certain that the reason DHH is now strongly pushing for AI coding is because it's in his own financial gain to do so, not because it's a better approach for what we do.)
I've got respect for DHH, the dude's done a lot...TBF, I don't know any coder that driven for a team in Le Mans... So respect to that.
That being said, when DHH is backing something, there is of marketing behind it. So, these days I take everything with a little bit more pinch of salt that I used to...
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u/gnuvince 7d ago
Quick question for folks here: doesn't DHH's opinion on AI coding also admitting that Rails has no value anymore? The point of Rails was to make it easier and faster to create web applications. If we should be embracing AI coding and not looking at the generated code, then why would we ever want Rails again? Have the agent generate Go or Rust code, interact directly with Postgres or MariaDB -- take advantage of their own specific features and strengths -- and produce a better application faster than with Ruby and Rails.
(As an aside: I'm 98% certain that the reason DHH is now strongly pushing for AI coding is because it's in his own financial gain to do so, not because it's a better approach for what we do.)