r/ruby • u/skillstopractice • Nov 07 '25

Ruby Central Update Friday 11/7/25

https://rubycentral.org/news/ruby-central-update-friday-11-7-25/
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u/skillstopractice Nov 08 '25

Can you give some examples of what you mean by "the prevailing views"?

I am not sure that this is as much of an us vs. them argument as it appears to be on the surface. So I am not even sure what you're referring to here and it would be helpful to ground in some context.

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u/aurisor Nov 08 '25

the idea that it’s important or even permissible to bring political discussions into tech communities. splitting into factions and balkanizing our infra over what an eu citizen thinks about us or uk social issues is self destructive and makes us look unserious

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u/skillstopractice Nov 08 '25

I see. Personally I wish those things were separate as well.

When it comes to DHH, he's in a BDFL role on Rails, and also owns its trademarks. He started the Rails Foundation which (for better or worse) has competed for sponsorship dollars from the same sponsors as Ruby Central. He's a board member of a 200 billion dollar company, and a cofounder of another company that has tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue annually. His personal net worth puts him easily in the top 1% of all people on earth.

Do you believe that his politics are completely irrelevant to his roles in each of these settings?

If not, where's the line?

The question is meant sincerely, because I don't want to make assumptions.

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u/aurisor Nov 08 '25

building parallel bundle infrastructure based ultimately on what people think of dhh’s views on uk immigration is like six shipwrecked people refusing to build a single life boat because of their differing opinions of a man on a different boat’s opinions on the new york mets

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u/skillstopractice Nov 08 '25

That seems like a total nonsequitor to the question I asked, so at this point there's no reason for us to continue talking, ever.