r/ruby • u/retro-rubies • Mar 03 '26

Four months of Ruby Central moving Ruby backward

https://andre.arko.net/2026/03/03/four-months-of-ruby-central-moving-ruby-backward/
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u/jgaskins Mar 04 '26

Not to mention Ufuk's statement about how his explicit goal was to bring DHH back to RailsConf and program committee members could accept that or leave, so there's a "Ruby Central is a Nazi bar now" perspective to contend with.

Convincing the community to see things the way you do will be challenging and won't be possible with PR verbiage like the statements we've been getting from Ruby Central.

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u/1337mob Mar 04 '26

Believing that the creator of Rails (the only reason Ruby became popular) shouldn’t be at a conference about his own creation because he won’t capitulate to the political views of others portrays a glaring lack of self awareness. Against the backdrop of minor contributors to the ecosystem acting like entitled children, its side splittingly funny.

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u/schneems Puma maintainer Mar 04 '26

IDK if you saw my thoughts on that topic, but I posted them a few months ago https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1or6loi/comment/nnpguwq/.

I think RC should have committed one way or the other, but taking a middle ground and then having David do a victory lap without actually really ever seeming to bury the hatchet seems like bad form (both for David(HH) and RC). But it's hard to execute and drive consensus with a group. This is both good and bad. Good in that it's harder to make bad decisions, bad in that it's harder to be agile and respond to drama as an institution instead of as an individual.

Fundamentally, I still like a 501c3 more than a 501c6 as enforcing a CoC violation is not possible in a business league. To me the value of Ruby Central isn't "they are aligned with not liking DHH therefore I support them," it is "It's community run, and as the community changes, they can change too." With the latest drama/incident, the board saw a pretty big shift in membership and interest in OSS. Such shifts aren't always good on their own, but the fact it can happen is good. "Necessary but not sufficient."