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RailsConf 2023 - How Rails fosters a diverse and competitive tech ecosystem in... by Jordan Trevino
Learn how Rails fosters a diverse and competitive tech ecosystem, and discover how small to mid-sized companies can overcome resourcing constraints to compete with big tech companies.
- Rails fosters diverse and competitive tech ecosystem
- Antitrust legacy in the US and globally has enabled tech giants to dominate
- Small to mid-sized companies struggle to compete due to resourcing constraints
- Diversity is crucial for tech ecosystem to survive
- Rails patterns (e.g., monolith, microservices) can be used to overcome resourcing constraints
- Big tech companies use behavior modification to increase their power
- Market power is a significant threat to competition and innovation
- Rails community and digital cooperatives can counterbalance big tech market power
- Systems thinking can help developers reason about complex applications
- Rails can help simplify product development and increase product velocity
- Resourcing constraints can hinder growth and innovation in companies
- Diversified tech ecosystem is essential for innovation and growth
- Small to mid-sized companies can use Rails to overcome resourcing constraints and compete with big tech companies.