[salasrod]

> But it's too funky you say. Well, yes, bash can have its quirks. But we need some funk every now and then. Let's just embrace it!

My god, no, stop. Funkyness in production equals outages.

[logie17]

I'm not sure how bash is considered funky, it's nearly first class on all boxes. Nice thing about this tool you just use `script` type out your commands, copy it your modules and your done.

[ironmagma]

As bad as Ruby is, it’s still better than Bash and you can do all the same effortless execution of random commands in your script like you would in bash. If one can’t be bothered to write it in a real language like Rust or even Python, you could at least do Ruby.

[cortesoft]

What makes python more of a real language than ruby?

[easygenes]

Ruby has fallen by the wayside in recent years largely because its lunch has been eaten by Python and JavaScript, but mostly by happenstance, not as a result of the merits of the language itself. Ruby has comparable speed and arguably more robust niceties for building complex software vs. Python. See, e.g., https://leanpub.com/combinators https://computationbook.com/ https://www.toptal.com/ruby/ruby-metaprogramming-cooler-than...

[chillfox]

When it comes to server admin the libraries available for Ruby is miles ahead of anything available for Python.