I think Rails (or 37signals) taught developers that a little marketing savvy isn't a bad thing, and that thinking has in turn permeated the ruby community and s

I think Rails (or 37signals) taught developers that a little marketing savvy isn't a bad thing, and that thinking has in turn permeated the ruby community and shows itself in projects like Homebrew. Not smarmy marketing, it's just hackers asking themselves "how can I most simply show how powerful this is", more or less.