Ruby on Rails as a career choice in 2023

Few would argue that Rails marked a paradigm shift for web development, but I’d agree that it had its heyday commercially around a decade ago. For several years I’ve watched as people call out the demise of Rails in the face of exponential growth in JavaScript tech – namely React.js, TypeScript and Node. It still feels to me (🚨confirmation bias alert) like there’s a mini Rails renaissance coming, but I’m struggling to find any compelling evidence other than the existence of the Rails Foundation and Rails World. There is certainly a solid set of established tech companies with Rails at the core of their business (off the top of my head Shopify, GitHub, 37signals, AirBnb, FreeAgent, Intercom, Doximity, Procore, Cookpad, Zendesk), but from my experience in the angel investment world over the last few years I’d say there are very few startups adopting it in 2023 (if you know of any, let me know!).