c) Most failed Ruby (which in all fairness usually means Rails) projects never gain any publicity.
d) Ruby projects coming close to the gargantuan scope of some of the bigger Java projects are (thankfully) exceedingly rare (if not non existent).
Lastly I had no clue that Saeed al-Sahaf is now working for Object Mentor, awesome!
Disclaimer: I worked for 3 years as a Ruby developer, including on one of the bigger (> 50.000 loc) Rails projects out there and I encountered some crashing and burning myself (I know I did it wrong).
because:
a) You're awesome, as long as you're using Ruby no matter how ridiculous you look when seen without rainbow colored glasses - http://www.infoq.com/presentations/ford-large-rails
b) The "you're doing it wrong crowd" will shout you down the moment you admit having troubles - http://glu.ttono.us/articles/2007/04/15/on-twitter-rails-and...
c) Most failed Ruby (which in all fairness usually means Rails) projects never gain any publicity.
d) Ruby projects coming close to the gargantuan scope of some of the bigger Java projects are (thankfully) exceedingly rare (if not non existent).
Lastly I had no clue that Saeed al-Sahaf is now working for Object Mentor, awesome!
Disclaimer: I worked for 3 years as a Ruby developer, including on one of the bigger (> 50.000 loc) Rails projects out there and I encountered some crashing and burning myself (I know I did it wrong).