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Ask HN: Worth Learning RoR for 2025?

3 points by Raed667 ↗ HN
Do you think it would be useful to learn Ruby + RoR when you already use Node.js, Python & Go ?

For a long time, I have been put-off by the cult of DHH, but at my current company we have a large "legacy" RoR project (among other stacks) and it could be useful/pragmatic to be able to work on that.

So I guess my question is, would it be a good effort & time investment to learn Ruby and Ruby on Rail for 2025, or that ship has already sailed?

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gregjor
Far more legacy code out there than green fields projects. All of that RoR code represents a lot of opportunity. And companies still write new code with Rails. Rails heavily influenced other frameworks such as Laravel and Django so concepts transfer.

I have learned many languages and tools in my career, many of which I only used for a short time. I don't regret learning any of them.

eltorero
Learn what brings value to you and your professional career. Whether that is C#, Java, PHP, or in this case RoR. The ship has not sailed at all. Take a look at their last conference and at their last achievements. This could be a very good moment to get into it, even more if you can use it at your current workplace. Don't just sit down waiting for an answer without context on the internet. Just do it.
Raed667
I have finite time and energy, if I put that time on RoR i can't put it in Golang or Python etc .. Thus my question