I talk to so many people on almost a daily basis now who are migrating out of Rails or have already done so. The brain drain problem is massive. DHH has grown a cult of personality that is actually shrinking the overall ecosystem. This is what happens with authoritarians. The "in-crowd" gets louder and louder—at the expense of a diminishing body politic due to increasing disenfranchisement.

I don't know if it's too late for Rails itself to be saved, but we need a robust Ruby ecosystem entirely removed from the RoR framework and we need it yesterday.