Getting a rails app up and running used to be somewhat easy. You did have to ssh into a machine, but that wasn't that complicated, all told. Comparable to standing up a BBS way back in the day. Restated, if you could have a machine that was dedicated to the serving of something, it wasn't that hard back in the day.
To that end, I suspect telling people to just stand up a node server is where to start hobbyists off? Still very complicated with the division between front and backend that is difficult to see for new folks.
And I fully agree on the ridiculous churn. Having zero stability in documentation and how to do things has been terrible for our industry. What we have gained in better ways seems to mostly be lost in all of the previous ways that used to work.
To that end, I suspect telling people to just stand up a node server is where to start hobbyists off? Still very complicated with the division between front and backend that is difficult to see for new folks.
And I fully agree on the ridiculous churn. Having zero stability in documentation and how to do things has been terrible for our industry. What we have gained in better ways seems to mostly be lost in all of the previous ways that used to work.