Ruby is far from dead, it’s just past the hype. Fortunately in the last year or so I’d say it’s also past the blowback that comes to yesterday’s hype tech when the next hype tech arrives. (Have fun with Deno, Node.)
Ruby really shines into areas: general purpose scripting (it was originally designed to be a bash replacement), and web development (because the ecosystem is very large).
As the primary language for GitHub, Stripe, Shopify, AirBNB and many others, Ruby will likely always have a vibrant niche in web world, even if it never expands far beyond that circle. And for general purpose scripting, I mean, any language you enjoy using is a good choice for writing your scripts in.
I kind of doubt Deno will see much serious production usage. There’s not much practical point to it from a business perspective. The only way it would become popular for most use cases would be if it had Node compatibility, which doesn’t seem to be happening regardless.
Ruby really shines into areas: general purpose scripting (it was originally designed to be a bash replacement), and web development (because the ecosystem is very large).
As the primary language for GitHub, Stripe, Shopify, AirBNB and many others, Ruby will likely always have a vibrant niche in web world, even if it never expands far beyond that circle. And for general purpose scripting, I mean, any language you enjoy using is a good choice for writing your scripts in.