Ruby deserves better leadership than DHH

Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45348390

Ruby Central's Attack on RubyGems

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45299170

A board member's perspective of the RubyGems controversy

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45325792

I'm leaving Ruby Central

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45352432

Bundler Belongs to the Ruby Community

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45371061

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like_any_other 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Writing about London being “only a third native Brit” is way more than just tone-deaf commentary. It’s actively harmful to the many Ruby developers who aren’t white or weren’t born in traditionally western countries.

> The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

	▲	chairmansteve 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ironically, if he were in London, he would be one more "non native Brit". And apparently he lives in the USA and Spain. Where he is a "Non native American" and a "non native Spaniard". But we know what he really means....

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wilg 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think there's no question DHH's latest blog post is fully racist, and its absolutely true that there's a bunch of people on HN who will downvote and flag anything "political". So its basically impossible to have a conversation about this here.

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dismalaf 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

DHH doesn't lead Ruby...

And silence from Ruby leadership? Probably because like half of them are Japanese. A culture known for being way more conservative than Americans and Europeans. Not exactly pro-immigration either. And the BDFL is a devout Mormon, a religion also known for being conservative.

Take your culture war somewhere else...

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johnwheeler 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah, this is a stupid post. Why should someone not be allowed to have political views that are opposed to your own? And why would that make them unsuitable to manage Ruby technically?

	▲	viraptor 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Because the impact of them keeping potential contributors away may be larger then their positive impact on the project. If you don't care about the leader's views, you won't care if it's someone other than DHH. If you don't want to work in a community accepting racists, you care if it's DHH. Also in general, world where the leaders are not racists and nationalists is a better place - not sure why that's something that needs elaboration.

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akagusu 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How much time will it take to HN community censor/flag this post?