I am one of those "refugees", although not related to JS specifically. I think the last nudge way Hey releasing which made me consider RoR after all these years.
The motivation on my part is simple - I am getting really tired of microservices everywhere.
I understand why they might make sense in large organizations but the endless splitting of stuff that works (or could work if the energy was invested in fixing existing code) to the point where you have 3-5 services per developer is tiring.
Anyways, ranting aside, I have been learning Rails on the weekends and it's fun, even if there aren't that many job opportunities. If I later end up working in an ecosystem where the majestic monolith is something to aspire to, even better.
The motivation on my part is simple - I am getting really tired of microservices everywhere.
I understand why they might make sense in large organizations but the endless splitting of stuff that works (or could work if the energy was invested in fixing existing code) to the point where you have 3-5 services per developer is tiring.
Anyways, ranting aside, I have been learning Rails on the weekends and it's fun, even if there aren't that many job opportunities. If I later end up working in an ecosystem where the majestic monolith is something to aspire to, even better.