Author: Irina Nazarova, CEOTopics: Rails, Developer Community
Rails isn’t dead, it’s thriving. Learn how Ruby on Rails survived the hype cycle, why startups like Chime and Figma still bet on it, and what it means for your next project.
Last month I stood on the stage of RailsConf 2025, the audience cheering along as I shared news from Rails startups: Chime’s IPO, the explosive growth of Bolt.new and Whop, a $150M deal by Uscreen, RubyLLM on the front page of HN and Rails starring in YC’s Vibe Coding Playbook–and all during the last couple months. The energy was electric …but it wasn't always this way.
