alas for rails, a very very large percent of it's simplicity & adoptability were derived from it being so so so so server side based. useful for making an easy to use opinionated framework.
but ultimately, expectations moved on. rails has continued finding it's way, trying to find a rails way to do things, but without that original simplicity, it's not nearly as compelling a sell.
no one's done a particularly good job keeping a more server-side biased model. thicker clients keep winning & winning. I don't think it has to be this way, but it's going to take some soul searching & big up front bold vision & architecture to muster to the challenge & create a more balanced client - server relationship. not a ton of obvious winners hereabouts! but I believe!
but ultimately, expectations moved on. rails has continued finding it's way, trying to find a rails way to do things, but without that original simplicity, it's not nearly as compelling a sell.
no one's done a particularly good job keeping a more server-side biased model. thicker clients keep winning & winning. I don't think it has to be this way, but it's going to take some soul searching & big up front bold vision & architecture to muster to the challenge & create a more balanced client - server relationship. not a ton of obvious winners hereabouts! but I believe!