Spinel on Rails

- Sam Ruby (@samruby) is a prominent open-source developer, former Apache Software Foundation chair, and long-time Ruby on Rails core contributor who also worked extensively on the W3C HTML5 spec and on podcasting standards (FeedValidator.org). - "Spinel" refers to a rumored or emerging new web framework designed as a potential successor to or evolution of Ruby on Rails — though it has not been widely announced; the title is a speculative/playful name drawing on "spinal" (core/backbone) and the gemstone spinel (often mistaken for ruby). - Ruby on Rails ("Rails") is a hugely influential web application framework written in Ruby, popular since the mid-2000s for rapid development, conventions over configuration, and the "Model-View-Controller" pattern. - This post by Ruby likely offers his personal critique, thoughts, or wishlist for what a next-generation Rails-like framework ("Spinel") might look like — or is a reaction to someone else's proposal — reflecting ongoing debates about Rails' evolution, performance, and relevance vs. newer tools like Phoenix (Elixir) or Laravel (PHP).