Ruby vs. Python (Why Python Won and Ruby Didn't)
In 2006, the TIOBE Index crowned Ruby its Language of the Year for posting the fastest growth rate of anything on the list. Two decades later, it's settled in around - respectable, but a long way down from where it once stood. Ruby went from "the future of programming" to "wait, people still use that?" within a single career. This isn't a eulogy, though - stick around, because Ruby is very much alive, just not where the headlines are looking.
