Comments on: How to slay this cow? http://lesscode.org/2005/07/12/slay-this-cow/ AAaaaaahhhhrrrrrrr! Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:13:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Ben Finney http://lesscode.org/2005/07/12/slay-this-cow/#comment-40 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:34:52 +0000 http://lesscode.org/2005/07/12/slay-this-cow/#comment-40 <p>&#62; Required until proven unnecessary</p> <p>I'm sure the A element on the above is meant to go somewhere interesting; instead it just leads to the same page I'm looking at.</p> > Required until proven unnecessary

I’m sure the A element on the above is meant to go somewhere interesting; instead it just leads to the same page I’m looking at.

]]> by: stephen ogrady http://lesscode.org/2005/07/12/slay-this-cow/#comment-38 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:24:36 +0000 http://lesscode.org/2005/07/12/slay-this-cow/#comment-38 <p>for an enlightened Java guy's take on it, see Matt Raible's post here. very rational and clearheaded:</p> <p><a href="http://raibledesigns.com/page/rd?anchor=scaling_with_rails">http://raibledesigns.com/page/rd?anchor=scaling_with_rails</a></p> for an enlightened Java guy’s take on it, see Matt Raible’s post here. very rational and clearheaded:

http://raibledesigns.com/page/rd?anchor=scaling_with_rails

]]> by: Curt Hibbs http://lesscode.org/2005/07/12/slay-this-cow/#comment-35 Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:38:39 +0000 http://lesscode.org/2005/07/12/slay-this-cow/#comment-35 <p>DHH just posted a long rebuttal discrediting the arguments that Rails does not scale. I highly recommend reading it.</p> <p>I also just posted a response to that discussion because I believe that they are completely missing the point. Here is what I posted:</p> <p>&#62; Not only do I agree with DHH that web app scalability is a non-issue with Rails, but I also think that you've been addressing the wrong scalability question. </p> <p>&#62; The important question is do programmers scale? Can ten programmers do ten times the work of one programmer? Most of us are aware that there is clear evidence that programmers <em>do not</em> scale.</p> <p>&#62; From this perspective, Rails scales spectacularly better than the alternatives by boosting programmer productivity.</p> DHH just posted a long rebuttal discrediting the arguments that Rails does not scale. I highly recommend reading it.

I also just posted a response to that discussion because I believe that they are completely missing the point. Here is what I posted:

> Not only do I agree with DHH that web app scalability is a non-issue with Rails, but I also think that you’ve been addressing the wrong scalability question.

> The important question is do programmers scale? Can ten programmers do ten times the work of one programmer? Most of us are aware that there is clear evidence that programmers do not scale.

> From this perspective, Rails scales spectacularly better than the alternatives by boosting programmer productivity.

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