snax

The Devil says (July 10, 2008):

Or do they have EVERYTHING to do with rails?

Bob Lee says (July 10, 2008):

In that same vein, Rails has little to do with Twitter's success.

Dobbs says (July 10, 2008):

I guess Rails is irrelevant then.

S2 says (July 10, 2008):

I second Dobbs.

Anil Wadghule says (July 10, 2008):

I am damn sure, Rails definitely helped them to build such a nice site.

Brian Hogan says (July 10, 2008):

I think that Rails contributed to Twitter's *existence* rather than success. I know lots of people who could finally get their projects off the ground because they could develop them quicker. Having something to show someone in short order can go a long way towards someone giving you more money to expand.

I'm certain that Twitter would have been successful even without Rails, I suspect that if it had been done in PHP it would have taken longer. I do know that some sites use Rails to build the first version and reimplement in something else when they get more money. It's certainly a great way to quickly find out if you have a good or profitable idea on your hands.

Just my .02. I can do something in 20 hours now that used to take me 200 because I don't fight with the language or the platform.