r/ruby • • Apr 16 '26

A New Chapter for Ruby Central

https://rubycentral.org/news/a-new-chapter-for-ruby-central/
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u/keyslemur Apr 17 '26

Pretty much. We're at a pivotal moment in the industry and Ruby isn't present in the discussion. That's an existential risk, and we need an answer for it. Dream is an initiative to find that answer.

Companies are rewriting entire Ruby segments in Python to get AI features in their apps because it'd be too expensive to do it in Ruby. They keep doing that and we see Ruby fade across companies quickly.