> If Ruby on Rails has, or were to have, a small army of beginner developers writing poor code on small projects and charging too little for it; I think it would be a healthy thing.
Hmm, well I see your point, but disagree. It's just like the WordPress situation for small businesses.
Someone comes in (usually a "designer") and cobbles some WP plugins and a template into a seemingly okay site for $500, but eventually the small business owner hits the limitations of that arrangement, and (from what I've observed) good programmers won't even take $5,000 to salvage a mess like that.
And not only does the customer end up feeling burned, it also leaves behind some toxic consequences, e.g., the customer has no idea what programming costs nor the difference between a prototype and production quality. So while we all start somewhere, this kind of low-rent ecosystem has certain enduring negative consequences (evident on Craigslist).
Hmm, well I see your point, but disagree. It's just like the WordPress situation for small businesses.
Someone comes in (usually a "designer") and cobbles some WP plugins and a template into a seemingly okay site for $500, but eventually the small business owner hits the limitations of that arrangement, and (from what I've observed) good programmers won't even take $5,000 to salvage a mess like that.
And not only does the customer end up feeling burned, it also leaves behind some toxic consequences, e.g., the customer has no idea what programming costs nor the difference between a prototype and production quality. So while we all start somewhere, this kind of low-rent ecosystem has certain enduring negative consequences (evident on Craigslist).