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April 29th, 2025

Two YCombinator projects are using Rails and React


Work at a Startup and Bookface, two YCombinator projects are using Rails + React + PostgreSQL

Screenshot of a text from JD describing the tech stack used by Work at a Startup and Bookface
Part of the Job Description talking about the tech stack


Source: 

  1. https://www.ycombinator.com/careers?ashby_jid=00c6950f-341f-4924-a456-ea32c9d5601d
  2. https://www.ycombinator.com/careers?ashby_jid=ef00c8d1-76e7-4cc3-82fe-7cc3e4679652

Update:
Here is a video from YCombinator where they explain the choice for Rails:
https://youtu.be/BJjsfNO5JTo?t=801