I’ve seen a number of people move from Rails to Rust... is that really a common move? Seems like they’re very different and designed for very different things. Are people commonly building web applications in Rust? I know it’s possible but C++ has web frameworks too and that seems like a more apt comparison.<p>I guess I’m just baffled by the number of people on here that I see pointing to Rust as the next project they tackle after Rails when I don’t see them overlapping at all.
> The problem is that working on MIT/Apache licensed software doesn’t exactly help pay the bills. That’s why I’m asking for your help. I’ve spent the last 5 years having a single company sponsor my open source work. This time I’m going to try something different. Right now my goal is to get a handful of medium sized grants from larger companies to support my work on crates.io. If you work for a company that might be interested in helping sponsor me, please reach out.<p>This is the crux of the problem which seems left unadressed in the comments.<p>If it feels nice to enjoy those consulting rates, give something back.
I believe Sean's decision of moving to Rust has very little to do with Ruby/Rails. I think all of us have a point where we just simply want to move on to new things in life.<p>I really appreciate all the contributions done by Sean in Ruby On Rails and wish him all the best.
I would have thought rails to golang so I too am surprised.<p>I wish I had millions and could be a patron saint of sorts for people like the author. Open source funding is so broken as the companies that build upon the vast open source and often free software don’t do much in the way of donating or otherwise supporting the companies or individuals behind the projects.
I am curious to what drives the next thing? Just wanting to use a new fresh language?<p>I saw the rise of Ruby on Rails; the driver was the ability to deliver wellstructured web applications fast. The language was a secondary thing.
Is it even possible? Or do you basically have to relearn what you missed in Computer Science over the last 6 years.<p>It reminds me of what Dijkstra said about people raised on BASIC in the 70s:<p>> It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.