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		marcosdumay 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Doing Rails Wrong Yes, when the thing you are building is a web application, you should use web application tools. When you are building a data browser, you should use web tools.

b_e_n_t_o_n 14 days ago [–]

It sounds nice in theory but then eventually you wind up needing to implement a feature where you wish you had React et al to implement it.

Easier just to start with it from the beginning. Assuming you're a full stack / front end guy of course, or else I get the appeal of html only.

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