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I love byroot's work. I'm always surpised not only by the kind of contributions he does but the sheer size of how much he does, insane productivity. Wish he wo
by thiago_fm 2y ago
I love byroot's work. I'm always surpised not only by the kind of contributions he does but the sheer size of how much he does, insane productivity.
Wish he would write more often, I've tried to get into ruby-core type of work more than once, but never found something that matched my skills so I could positively contribute and after a few weeks of no results the motivation would wear off, as it's really difficult to have the context he has shared in the article, for example.
If more Ruby C people would write more often, I bet there'd be more people with the skills that are needed to improve Ruby further.
The C profiler advice was great. Maybe I could just get a Ruby gem with C code and start playing again on optimizations :-)
- benoittgt 2y agoThere is this great serie of Peter Zhu too. https://blog.peterzhu.ca/ruby-c-ext/ https://blog.peterzhu.ca/ruby-c-ext/ Even if it's C extension, it helps understanding some concepts. But I agree with you.
- thiago_fm 2y agoThat's awesome, I personally wasn't aware of that series from Peter Zhu. Thanks!
- wkjagt 2y ago> insane productivity He's insanely productive, but also insanely smart. I used to work in the same office as him at Shopify, and he's the kind of person whose level just seems unattainable.
- richardlblair 2y agoFully agree. He's also really patient and kind. He's the type of person who's really really smart and doesn't make you feel really really dumb. He takes the time to thoroughly explain things, without being condescending. I always enjoyed when our paths crossed because I knew I was going to learn something.