THE VIDEO SHELF · web framework design
Yehuda Katz - Why Rails is Hard (Railsberry 2012)
Yehuda Katz's Railsberry 2012 talk on why Rails is hard to learn and use. He explains that the framework's many features reflect real complexity in web applications that newcomers do not yet see.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended to people who call Rails bloated, as an argument that its size comes from features you eventually need.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- applicake
- Topic
- web framework design
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2014
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I would gladly take Flask over Django/TastyPie Could you explain the benefits or difference for you? Personally, I enjoyed using Tastypie, and when things weren't clear, its code was a pleasure to read and made things easier to understand or work out how to solve. …
gingerlime on Hacker News · 2013-04
In Hacking Flask: A Success StoryRails is not bloated, it just comes with a lot of features. I'd suggest watching these videos. [VIDEO] [LINK] A typical Rails instance will use 100 - 150mb, and does not take a minute to start up. Have you actually used Rails? I have several …
dham on Hacker News · 2014-04
In Ask HN: why most startups use ruby and rails?
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