Having the productivity of Ruby + the static typing and LSP integrations is a wonderful combination. Sure, it might be less aesthetic than some might like, but at least in my experience, it works very well in practice and supports most of the needs I have from a type system for writing and understanding conventional software.
I'm rooting for further developments in this space because I love language and systems that can leverage it's strengths and layering on a type system makes it a very formidable technology for building real world products.
I have not used Rails in a few years, but I can also say that the Sorbet typing support for the framework is definitely there too -- to great credit to the folks at Shopify allowing users of the framework to benefit from this tooling.
I would happily work on a Rails system today too. It's an amazing testament to the community how the design has been able to continue to develop to meet the needs of the many developers building with it up to this point. I hope more people feel the same joy I do discovering the kinds of things they can make with the language and frameworks like Rails.
With the amazing advancements with the AI tools we have now the only real limits are with how big our imaginations and ambitions can get.
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