Elia Schito, an influential Italian developer known for his work on Opal, discusses the future of Ruby, the appeal of writing in Ruby, and the latest advancements in the Ruby and Rails community. Topics include transpiling Ruby to JavaScript, 'Rails plus' with a Ruby-based front-end, pragmatism vs. beauty in development, and the flexibility of Rails and open-source applications. They also touch on the challenges of using TypeScript, the benefits of import maps and prop shaft in Rails 7, and advancements in the Ruby community and framework.
