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The top comment gives a good reason. The Ruby community embraces broken software. Running Ruby software in production gives many devs a perpetual feeling of imp

by mkl95 2y ago

The top comment gives a good reason. The Ruby community embraces broken software. Running Ruby software in production gives many devs a perpetual feeling of impending doom.

sqeaky 2y ago
My time in the Ruby Community taught me about test driven development and a reliance on process that produced functioning and robust software. Things like continuous integration and careful specification through tests were promoted. If anything my most common problem with Ruby Community was too many different test suites to pick from. It seemed like there was a new one every week. That said it was an non-typechecked interpreted scripting language and updates between versions could break things but if you had a process and a test suite those weren't practical issues. What are some possible reasons that are experiencing the community differed so wildly?
nurettin 2y ago
A solo dev friend of mine is about to sign a 150k usd/year deal for his software written in JRuby. Initially installed on dozens of computers, it is to be run for months and years without intervention. So apparently there are ehhs and iffs and butts to all the off-hand dismissals. Maybe you have an elk here or there that would agree.
- randomdata 2y ago
  > is about to sign What reservations does he have that has lead to holding himself back from already getting his ink all over that? Perhaps he is afraid Ruby won't stand up to what he is contractually promising?
  - nurettin 2y ago
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    - randomdata 2y ago
      Is this your roundabout way of saying you don't know why he'd stall on signing what, at least as described, seems like a fantastic offer and are too afraid to ask?
      - nurettin 2y ago
        No I'm just surprised that you are doubling down on this delusion. What does "I'm about to arrive" mean to you? Does it mean the person who is about to arrive hesitant?
        randomdata 2y ago
        "I'm about to arrive" means to me that you are already en route. "I'm about to sign" means to me that the pen hasn't yet hit the paper. In one case the process has already started, in the other process the has yet to commence. These are not comparable. "I'm about to leave" would be a more apt comparison, if we are to stay within proximity of your analogy. "I'm about to leave" could, indeed, suggest hesitation. Why haven't you left already? –– Once the papers are able to be signed, the time is now. You can do so immediately. To wait means there is something holding you back. What holds him back, we don't know. Apparently you are too embarrassed to ask or whatever that was that you were trying to say. But given the topic of discussion, presumably it is some kind of hesitation around the use of Ruby. Otherwise, where would the relevance of you telling us this story about your friend waiting to sign lie?
        nurettin 2y ago
        Okay, about to sign means the date is soon, and it never means anything else, and will never mean anything else in any situation to anyone else but a bad actor such as yourself. So you can stop making up stories. Hope that clears it up for you.
        randomdata 2y ago
        Oh, so not about to sign in any way, shape, or form. Rather, "about to maybe strike a deal (that is still likely to fall through, as many deal attempts do)"? Got it. Hopefully next time you can keep your stories straight.

by mkl95 2y ago

The top comment gives a good reason. The Ruby community embraces broken software. Running Ruby software in production gives many devs a perpetual feeling of impending doom.

sqeaky 2y ago

My time in the Ruby Community taught me about test driven development and a reliance on process that produced functioning and robust software. Things like continuous integration and careful specification through tests were promoted. If anything my most common problem with Ruby Community was too many different test suites to pick from. It seemed like there was a new one every week. That said it was an non-typechecked interpreted scripting language and updates between versions could break things but if you had a process and a test suite those weren't practical issues. What are some possible reasons that are experiencing the community differed so wildly?

nurettin 2y ago

A solo dev friend of mine is about to sign a 150k usd/year deal for his software written in JRuby. Initially installed on dozens of computers, it is to be run for months and years without intervention. So apparently there are ehhs and iffs and butts to all the off-hand dismissals. Maybe you have an elk here or there that would agree.

randomdata 2y ago
> is about to sign What reservations does he have that has lead to holding himself back from already getting his ink all over that? Perhaps he is afraid Ruby won't stand up to what he is contractually promising?
- nurettin 2y ago
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  - randomdata 2y ago
    Is this your roundabout way of saying you don't know why he'd stall on signing what, at least as described, seems like a fantastic offer and are too afraid to ask?
    - nurettin 2y ago
      No I'm just surprised that you are doubling down on this delusion. What does "I'm about to arrive" mean to you? Does it mean the person who is about to arrive hesitant?
      - randomdata 2y ago
        "I'm about to arrive" means to me that you are already en route. "I'm about to sign" means to me that the pen hasn't yet hit the paper. In one case the process has already started, in the other process the has yet to commence. These are not comparable. "I'm about to leave" would be a more apt comparison, if we are to stay within proximity of your analogy. "I'm about to leave" could, indeed, suggest hesitation. Why haven't you left already? –– Once the papers are able to be signed, the time is now. You can do so immediately. To wait means there is something holding you back. What holds him back, we don't know. Apparently you are too embarrassed to ask or whatever that was that you were trying to say. But given the topic of discussion, presumably it is some kind of hesitation around the use of Ruby. Otherwise, where would the relevance of you telling us this story about your friend waiting to sign lie?
        nurettin 2y ago
        Okay, about to sign means the date is soon, and it never means anything else, and will never mean anything else in any situation to anyone else but a bad actor such as yourself. So you can stop making up stories. Hope that clears it up for you.
        randomdata 2y ago
        Oh, so not about to sign in any way, shape, or form. Rather, "about to maybe strike a deal (that is still likely to fall through, as many deal attempts do)"? Got it. Hopefully next time you can keep your stories straight.