r/ruby • u/fabianqs_dev • 12d ago

Post DHH Rails...

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u/dipstickchojin 11d ago edited 11d ago

Weird line to draw considering what DHH is.

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u/DiceKnight 11d ago edited 11d ago

I always welcome new people discovering what a scumbag piece of shit DHH is and continues to be. I think one of the takeaways from all this should be to judge people by the company they keep and lower whatever credibility the Rails World people have overall with yourself and the wider ruby and rails communities. His presence reflects badly.

This includes Ruby on Rails leadership who have ignored calls to remove him from a leadership position for years now.

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u/mewtrue 6d ago

He deleted his tweet but in one of my replies to his post he essentially said that people who work in tech matter more than normies. That was the thing that made me unfollow and mute him I didn't think he was that type of person but i hope him deleting that reply means he doesn't think the same way anymore

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u/dipstickchojin 5d ago

It means it looks bad and hurts his bottomline.

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u/Delicious_Ease2595 11d ago

Is Ruby still Rails?

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u/fabianqs_dev 8d ago

Yes, without a doubt, the few people who recognize Ruby at first glance always associate it with Rails and now with DHH.

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u/Neuro_Skeptic 11d ago

Rails is dead, but that doesn't mean Ruby is dead.

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u/arjan-1989 11d ago

Rails isn't dead either, though it seems DHH's involment will be.

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u/full_drama_llama 10d ago

Didn't we (as the Rails community) spend last 5-8 years saying that we need to tolerate DHH's behaviour, because he is the only prophet that can keep Rails alive?

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u/arjan-1989 10d ago

I don't really consider the Rails community as a single entity. I think opinions on his role in Rails and what it should be vary greatly within the Rails community.

That said, I do think he made quite an impact on the framework and it's direction in all these years. What will happen now that he is pursuing other interests is unclear and it might even result in Rails becoming dead at some point, who knows.

But to say "Rails is dead" is at best premature.

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u/dougc84 11d ago

I love Ruby. There are plenty of other projects out there that use Ruby and not Rails. But to act like Ruby’s development hasn’t gotten to where it is without Rails is pretty blind.

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u/Sonhe_ 11d ago

There is Crystal and Elixir if you like Ruby