The biggest complaints I’ve Heard Against rails

[archy22]

It’s slow (true, it’s slower than php, but the mantra is, hardware is cheaper than programmer time!. There are some major sites running on rails (like twitter.com). No matter what technology you choose you are going to hit scalability and speed issues at some point, so the architecture is more important than the technology.
- Okay – that’s about the only complaint I’ve heard.

[benmoriz]

It’s slow (true, it’s slower than php, but the mantra is, hardware is cheaper than programmer time!. There are some major sites running on rails (like twitter.com). No matter what technology you choose you are going to hit scalability and speed issues at some point

[njtboy]

There are some major sites running on rails (like twitter.com). No matter what technology you choose you are going to hit scalability and speed issues at some point, so the architecture is more important than the technology.
- Okay – that’s about the only complaint I’ve heard.