Why we use Ruby on Rails to build GitLab

GitLab's development journey began with co-founder Dmitriy Zaporozhets choosing Ruby on Rails as the framework, despite his background in PHP, inspired by GitHub's success with Rails. GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij supports this choice, citing Rails' robust ecosystem and structured approach as key factors in managing GitLab's complex functionality. While acknowledging challenges such as performance issues, GitLab has addressed them by incorporating Go to enhance load times and reduce memory usage, leading to the creation of the Gitaly service for Git requests. The opinionated nature of Rails aligns with GitLab's mission of inclusivity, simplifying onboarding for new developers by maintaining consistent coding practices. The adherence to Rails' conventions has resulted in a stable and scalable codebase, allowing GitLab to flourish while embracing "boring solutions" to facilitate further development.

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