🚀 Summary of @dhh's Rails World 2024 Opening Keynote 🚀
Rails 8: Simplicity, Self-Reliance, and Empowerment
Key Features & Philosophy:
• Simplifies modern web development
• Invalidates outdated patterns
• Hotwire for simpler front-end dev
• Leverages modern browsers
• Extracts solutions from real apps
New Components:
• Authentication via code generation
• Prop Shaft for asset pipeline
• Solid Cable for WebSocket comms
• Solid Cache for DB-backed caching
• Solid Queue for background jobs
Deployment & Infrastructure:
• SQLite in production
• Kamal 2 for simplified deployment
• Thruster as fast proxy before Puma
Core Principles:
• Compress complexity
• One-person framework
• No-build, no-PaaS deployment
• Browser as the forever-compatible runtime
• Full-stack approach for holistic solutions
Key Insights:
1. Simplicity emerges after navigating complexity
2. Adapt patterns to new tech realities
3. Direct server interaction empowers devs
4. Modern browsers simplify dev stacks
5. Minimize dependencies for maintainability
Notable Quotes:
"Only the browser is forever."
"It is more fun to be competent."
"We're going to compress all of that into one database."
Recommendations:
• Embrace simplicity in web dev
• Learn server management
• Use Rails 8's generated authentication
• Consider SQLite in production
• Deploy without PaaS (use Kamal 2)
• Learn Linux to overcome server phobia
• Extract solutions from real apps
One-Sentence Takeaway:
Rails 8 empowers developers by simplifying complexity, promoting self-reliance, and enabling deployment without external dependencies.
#RailsWorld2024 #Rails #Ruby #webdev #WebDevelopment
Rails 8: Simplicity, Self-Reliance, and Empowerment
Key Features & Philosophy:
• Simplifies modern web development
• Invalidates outdated patterns
• Hotwire for simpler front-end dev
• Leverages modern browsers
• Extracts solutions from real apps
New Components:
• Authentication via code generation
• Prop Shaft for asset pipeline
• Solid Cable for WebSocket comms
• Solid Cache for DB-backed caching
• Solid Queue for background jobs
Deployment & Infrastructure:
• SQLite in production
• Kamal 2 for simplified deployment
• Thruster as fast proxy before Puma
Core Principles:
• Compress complexity
• One-person framework
• No-build, no-PaaS deployment
• Browser as the forever-compatible runtime
• Full-stack approach for holistic solutions
Key Insights:
1. Simplicity emerges after navigating complexity
2. Adapt patterns to new tech realities
3. Direct server interaction empowers devs
4. Modern browsers simplify dev stacks
5. Minimize dependencies for maintainability
Notable Quotes:
"Only the browser is forever."
"It is more fun to be competent."
"We're going to compress all of that into one database."
Recommendations:
• Embrace simplicity in web dev
• Learn server management
• Use Rails 8's generated authentication
• Consider SQLite in production
• Deploy without PaaS (use Kamal 2)
• Learn Linux to overcome server phobia
• Extract solutions from real apps
One-Sentence Takeaway:
Rails 8 empowers developers by simplifying complexity, promoting self-reliance, and enabling deployment without external dependencies.
#RailsWorld2024 #Rails #Ruby #webdev #WebDevelopment
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