This isn't true according to this article: https://www.404media.co/how-ruby-went-off-the-rails/. Joel has a terrible habit of not citing his sources so I'm not sure if the post in question is the same but this seems to nullify that argument. TBF I do think there was pressure from Shopify to get compliance and security in order but saying "Shopify demanded that Ruby Central take full control of the RubyGems" is just plain not true.
Oh no, looks like you're one of today's (unlucky) 10000[0]. (For context I only heard about all this recently).
For the DHH thing he wrote a recent blog post where he said he wants fewer non-white people in London and praises an english far-right fascist figure (Tommy Robinson)[1].
Not really sure about the Shopify stuff. I've heard people aren't too fond of Tobi (the C.E.O. I think), and he's buddies with DHH, but it could just be general distrust of a big company trying to exert control of an open source project (through Ruby Central).
As an outsider to Ruby I kept hearing rumours and thinking it has to be exaggerated.
No, it turns out DHH really wrote a blog post complaining not enough people in London are white (even though they’re British) and praising a famous British fascist.
The rest is very much still confusing, some kind of opportunistic power plays and typical open source chaos.
Alifatisk|4 months ago
> Shopify demanded that Ruby Central take full control of the RubyGems
https://joel.drapper.me/p/rubygems-takeover
drbragg|4 months ago
mijoharas|4 months ago
For the DHH thing he wrote a recent blog post where he said he wants fewer non-white people in London and praises an english far-right fascist figure (Tommy Robinson)[1].
Not really sure about the Shopify stuff. I've heard people aren't too fond of Tobi (the C.E.O. I think), and he's buddies with DHH, but it could just be general distrust of a big company trying to exert control of an open source project (through Ruby Central).
[0] https://xkcd.com/1053/
[1] https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64
dontlaugh|4 months ago
No, it turns out DHH really wrote a blog post complaining not enough people in London are white (even though they’re British) and praising a famous British fascist.
The rest is very much still confusing, some kind of opportunistic power plays and typical open source chaos.
baggy_trough|4 months ago
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