>More seriously, I feel rails is still excellent and I'm happy to work with it every day. I'd be interested to hear more about what makes rails not modern?
The whole thing he explains in the post: he wants an all-rounder like Rails but which covers the SPA/JS side.
I think many of us have realized that the SPA, which introduces an entire second application into your stack, isn't that cost effective. I'm more interested in turbolinks and if absolutely necessary, maybe something like http://instantclick.io to get an 80/20 payoff.
For folks here doing startups, imagine the speed boost of maintaining one less entire application than your competitors.
The whole thing he explains in the post: he wants an all-rounder like Rails but which covers the SPA/JS side.