Ask HN: Who's using Ruby web development without Ruby on Rails (RoR)?

1. neocities

   1 297 1,612 9.1 JavaScript

   Neocities.org - the web site. Yep, the backend is open source!

   

   Thanks! If you want to look at our embarrassingly bad code it's all here: https://github.com/neocities/neocities

   (I'm not saying it's better than Rails, just that it's better than Rails for me.)

2. Stream

   getstream.io featured

   Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

   

3. miner_mover

   2 3 3 3.2 Ruby

   Concurrency and Parallelism Sandbox

   

4. Sequel

   3 41 5,034 9.2 Ruby

   Sequel: The Database Toolkit for Ruby

   

   I've been on the Roda [0] and Sequel [1] framework for over 10 years now across various projects. Even after all these years, starting a project in this stack feels like a breath of fresh air even compared to the newer language/frameworks that jabe come out since.

   Jeremy Evans is the creator and maintainer of both of these Ruby gems and is super helpful in resolving ask kinda of issues.

   [0]: https://roda.jeremyevans.net/

   [1]: https://sequel.jeremyevans.net/

5. Roda

   4 24 2,157 8.6 Ruby

   Routing Tree Web Toolkit

   

   I've been on the Roda [0] and Sequel [1] framework for over 10 years now across various projects. Even after all these years, starting a project in this stack feels like a breath of fresh air even compared to the newer language/frameworks that jabe come out since.

   Jeremy Evans is the creator and maintainer of both of these Ruby gems and is super helpful in resolving ask kinda of issues.

   [0]: https://roda.jeremyevans.net/

   [1]: https://sequel.jeremyevans.net/

6. sitepress

   5 12 365 7.3 Ruby

   Sitepress ruby gems

   

   I went the opposite direction and built a static site generator on top of Rails: https://sitepress.cc/

   Turns out, Rails is a really good web framework! I tried building Sitepress on something “light weight”, Tilt and Rack, and it was a pain. I found myself constantly solving the same problems that were already solved in Rails. At some point it dawned on me that I could just build on top of a few parts of Rails, so I did. I wrote about it at https://fly.io/ruby-dispatch/single-file-rails-app/

   I’m glad I did! Now I can plug all of the Rails template handlers, view components, and other Rails plugins into it and ride off that entire communities docs.

   If you find yourself thinking, “rails is too heavy”, consider shedding the parts of Rails that you don’t need. Then as your application grows in complexity and you find yourself needing more parts of Rails, bring it back in.

7. InfluxDB

   www.influxdata.com featured

   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

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