My time with Rails is up
> Now, this line of code is not simple, it’s easy to write it, but the code is extremely complicated under the hood because:<p>Every time I hear someone complain about Rails, I ask myself if this person is really just complaining about how complex web dev is. I've never seen a complaint that passed this smell test.<p>Yes, Rails abstracts over a veritable shit-ton of complicated domains. The problem is, that complexity isn't going to go away if you decide not to use those abstractions. Every single one of that laundry-list of things that ActiveRecord::Base.create does will have to be implemented again, by you, badly, if you choose to roll your own.<p>It boggles my mind why developers don't take the web seriously as a domain, like it's not real coding or something. It's the worst instance of bike-shedding I've ever seen.<p>Rails isn't perfect, by any means. But Rails is not a black box, it's all free software. You are more than free to re-implement anything Rails does yourself and release it as a gem. Modularity and flexibility are built right in. It seems incredibly odd to leave Rails over this. For what, Java? Unbelievable.