I think the author went too deep into details here, as this crowd is full of people who are going to be able to rip pieces of this article to shreds. But doing so both misses the larger point and in the process proves it - Rails gave them a set of answers that are good enough so they don't need to delve deeper and can just focus on their app.
Rails is not the only choice that does so. And people with broader skill sets can assemble their own solutions and might not want that anyway. But this author just wanted to pick a platform and move on, and yep, Rails works for that.
Rails is not the only choice that does so. And people with broader skill sets can assemble their own solutions and might not want that anyway. But this author just wanted to pick a platform and move on, and yep, Rails works for that.