Welcome perspective<p>After 30+ years of coding, my first encounter with Rails, a summer morning I received a ripped draft of a very early book on it remains one of the seminal moments of my career - so many elegant solutions to so many issues I&#x27;d grappled with since the mid-90s<p>As with any tool it&#x27;s got some quirks and areas I could criticise - but it&#x27;s got a place in my toolkit and will have for some time