The results of the 2024 Ruby on Rails Community Survey are out. Are there any surprises? For me: nothing earth -shattering. But that in itself may be the surprise, as the results show a re-invigorated community that is perhaps stronger than it has been in years.
While the demographics imply that the community is still maturing, it is growing enough to replace those that “aged out” around the 13 year mark.
Interestingly, the exodus of Ruby/Rails devs around 13 years ago (2011-2012) was just at the time when node.js, go and rust were starting to break though. Coincidence? I think not!
See the full results at https://railsdeveloper.com/survey/2024/. To be honest, nothing particularly unexpected, just solid confirmation that Rails appears to be back on a on a very healthy track.