WTH is happening to Rails? I'll tell you.
I don't think the author really gets why people have a problem with what's going on with Rails, and the article strikes me as a "I like this why don't you?!" type deal vs making a reasoned argument for why the constant change in the Rails way of doing things is necessary.<p>> If you’re learning a new language, a strong community consensus about a right and a wrong way to tackle problems aids learning<p>-----------------<p>Right, but the problem is that there doesn't seem to be a 'right' way, That's the problem.<p>We were all prototype a few years ago, now it jquery ... we (well I) hadn't heard of coffeescript till a few months ago and now its a default option in rails, The way we were constructing ActiveRecord finders had been set all through  Rails 2, now we've changed it, the way we dealt with gems was set all through rails 2 now its changed completely in Rails 3.<p>I like change, I like staying on the cutting edge of web technologies, but I don't want to learn something, only to discard it and re-do it completely to bring it up to date with a new way of doing things all the time.<p>> If, as coders, we aren’t constantly striving to improve the status quo, what’s the point?<p>---------------------------<p>The point is that you have to realize that Rails isn't just your personal plaything any more, people are invested in it just as much any one person or group of people.<p>I have 5 Rails 2 apps that I support at work and a couple more outside of that, they're all on rails 2 ... bringing them up to Rails 3 without disruption, isn't going to be trivial and I'd be nice if folks acted like they understood that and didn't dismiss similar concerns, or berate folks for having concerns.<p>To that end, my personal preference would be to see fewer but more substantial releases and a little bit more engagement with the community before making major decisions about the framework instead of the steady drumbeat of updates and (seemingly) unilateral decisions (that coffee script decision really irked me, can you tell?)