Where do Rubyists go?
summary
Survey of 673 respondents finds most Rubyists still want Ruby in five years, but many learn other languages for three concrete reasons: JavaScript then Elixir then Go (most common), plus Rust, Clojure, Haskell and Crystal. Rails explains Ruby’s growth; JavaScript dominates workplace needs, Elixir leads free‑time exploration, Go shows up in production, Rust attracts systems/typing fans. Respondents cite parallelism, static typing and performance as the main drivers to explore alternatives; the author demonstrates each language with concrete FizzBuzz implementations and notes selection bias from Ruby communities.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 14:14FizzBuzz!
- 27:25Ruby-like Syntax
- 28:55Parallelism
- 32:01Performance!
- 34:41Self-hosted
- 35:52Single File Distribution
- 36:17Garbage- Collection
- 38:09Where does Ruby go?
- 38:57I really like Ruby for what it is, and don't think 'adding a type system' or something is the best way to keep Ruby relevant. Don't morph Ruby in to something it's not.
