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Ruby on Rails vs Stack Overflow

Ruby on Rails started first, in 2004, 4 years before Stack Overflow.

Ruby on Rails 21y 278d since 2004 · Standing started first Stack Overflow 18y 2d since 2008 · Wavering

Why Ruby on Rails lasted

  • It taught a decade of startups that a web app is a folder with opinions.
  • Shopify, GitHub, Basecamp, and a long tail of apps that still print money in Ruby.

Why Stack Overflow lasted

  • A decade of ranked answers is still the corpus every model trains on and every search result cites.
  • Reputation as a game actually produced a library.

Questions

Which is older, Ruby on Rails or Stack Overflow?

Ruby on Rails started first, in 2004, 4 years before Stack Overflow.

How long has Ruby on Rails been running?

Ruby on Rails has been up 21 years 278 days, since 2004-12-13.

How long has Stack Overflow been running?

Stack Overflow has been up 18 years 2 days, since 2008-09-15.

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