Why Rails Still Feels Like a Startup’s Best Friend in the AI Era

On Sunday night, a founder tells themselves they are building the product. Comparing starter kits. Reading arguments about architecture. Wiring auth. Debating folder structure. Trying to decide what a "serious" startup stack is supposed to look like. By the end of the week, they have a clean setup, a growing to-do list, and almost nothing a user can actually touch. Startups do not usually lose because they picked the "wrong" framework. They lose because they move too slowly, drown in decisions, and spend their early energy on complexity that did not need to exist yet.