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# Rails is Awesome!

In the last decade of building SaaS apps I've used a lot of different languages, but I had never touched Ruby - not even once, until I started at AirOps.

I've quickly become a Rails fan - but it wasn't immediate. The "convention over configuration" approach definitely through off the learning curve. It went something like this:

• Rails Week 1: "Where the heck is this defined!? Why does this work!? Nothing is included!"
• Rails Week 2: "Okay... This kind of makes sense... but do I put this thing in lib or app/lib?"
• Rails Week 3: "This is pretty slick!"
• Rails Week 4: "OMG I can do everything so fast wheeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Seriously though, this is why I love "opinionated" frameworks. There are lots of right ways to build an app - and you may not love the "Rails Way" - but if you do, it sure makes life easy.