Lotus and the future of Ruby
summary
A new lightweight web framework called Lotus aims to match Rails convenience while cutting memory and dependency bloat: a fresh app measures Lotus 23MB vs Rails 69MB and it loads far fewer gems by design. It adds structured collaborators (presenters, interactors), an assets system with ES6/Sass support, and experimental HTTP/2 push promises test app plus a Rack-compatible HTTP/2 server prototype. Lotus 1.0 targets stability soon and several companies already deploy it in production.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and community
- 2:51Ruby's future relevance
- 7:31Ruby's role in modern development
- 10:30Finding Ruby's new purpose
- 15:52Ruby's human appeal
- 18:05Rails challenges and Lotus
- 21:41Lotus framework philosophy
- 27:06Lotus 1.0 development
- 33:34Future plans and call to action
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