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Seems relevant: https://ruby.social/@getajobmike/115231677684734669 https://ruby.social/@getajobmike/115231677684734669 I'm just reposting it though. I haven't
by davidw 1y ago
Seems relevant: https://ruby.social/@getajobmike/115231677684734669 https://ruby.social/@getajobmike/115231677684734669
I'm just reposting it though. I haven't followed any of this myself.
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- mijoharas 1y ago> The unstated reason for this change was that many of the existing Rubygems maintainers have recently quit (including their only full-time engineer) due to their continued relationship with DHH. Can someone expand on what this means? Is it a continued relationship between Ruby Central and DHH, or the maintainers and DHH? Why does the other party have a problem with that? EDIT: It seems the post was clarified since I copy/pasted this, and it's RC and DHH. Why do the maintainers have a problem with this? I though the stated reason was about RC removing everyone's access with no warning.
- mperham 1y agoI clarified the toot.
- mijoharas 1y agoThanks Mike, I editted, and asked this: > Why do the maintainers have a problem with this? I thought the stated reason was about RC removing everyone's access with no warning. I seem to remember some of DHH's controversy due to banning politics at basecamp or something. Is it related to that?
- bakugo 1y ago> I seem to remember some of DHH's controversy due to banning politics at basecamp or something. Is it related to that? I wouldn't be surprised. The presence of this quote in the linked document: > A person’s character is determined not only by their actions, but also the actions they stay silent while witnessing. Suggests that the person who wrote it is deeply obsessed with political activism.
- lstodd 1y agoInaction is an action in itself, they are right in this. IDK where you see a deep obsession in a recognition of this obvious fact.
- bakugo 1y agoNo, inaction is inaction. Claiming otherwise is just a roundabout way of saying "you must actively support my agenda at all times, otherwise I will consider you my enemy, even if you take a neutral stance" that political activists love to use to pressure normal people into supporting them.
- kubectl_h 1y agohttps://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64 https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64
- ilikehurdles 1y ago[flagged]
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y agoHoo yeah. DHH's racism is looking thick, solid, and tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress!
- junon 1y agoYet another "it's okay if I move there, but now that they have moved there, it sucks and is 'foreign'" take. It just reads like thinly veiled racism.
- sebastianz 1y ago> It just reads like thinly veiled racism. Thinly veiled? What veil - it's completely naked, one can clearly see all the constituent parts, including the repugnant bits.
- wild_egg 1y agoDidn't RC drop DHH from RailsConf because of his views? Seems weird to think they're collaborate on a coup or whatever is being suggested here.
- konnorrogers 1y agoThey dropped him as keynote speaker a few years ago, and then under new leadership, brought DHH back for the final RailsConf hosted by Ruby Central this year. The Ruby Central that dropped him is not the same people running Ruby Central today. https://ruby.social/@rubycentral/114585914969796428 https://ruby.social/@rubycentral/114585914969796428
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- mijoharas 1y agoIn the linked article, DHH links out to a wikipedia article titled "Ethnic groups in London"[0]. He then uses a statistic that "only a third" are native brits in 2021, which roughly lines up with the "White British" line in the chart. You can argue that "white supremecist" is a charged and problematic term, but I'd say that "Here he complains about too many brown people in London." is a fairly accurate representation of the article. I'd say "disgraceful slander" is a bit too strong as a rebuttal. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_London
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- mijoharas 1y agojust double checked, there is a separate section of the article that has the "foreign born" population of london, which is 36%, so he's definitely excluding any non-white english people there.
- paulbjensen 1y agoI used to work at a Ruby on Rails shop many years ago (New Bamboo, now part of ThoughtBot) which is in London. I got pointed to the blog post, and it was such a strikingly-bad hot take that I had to write a response: http://paulbjensen.co.uk/2025/09/17/on-dhhs-as-i-remember-london.html http://paulbjensen.co.uk/2025/09/17/on-dhhs-as-i-remember-lo... In my opinion, initially I thought "Oh David's been sucked into some kind of social media bubble (on X) or disinformation space", but then as I read the post, down to the bit where he started talking about "demographic replacement", I came to the view that this is who he is a person. It's shocking and disappointing.
- gizzlon 1y ago> maintainers have recently quit (including their only full-time engineer) due to their continued relationship with DHH. Ehh, what?! Basically 0 developers in the US have quit as a protest against literal totalitarianism, major and obvious corruption, the end of vaccines (will kill countless) and the end of USAID (already killed.. how many kids?). But, sure, DHH.. that's where we draw the line! FFS Edit: maybe I misunderstood why they quit, quite confused. Still.. Edit 2: Unclear if this has anything to do with DHH? And it turns out I also disagree with some of his views. But, it still stands, he's writing a blog, not literally killing kids. Where's the mass quittings for those people?
- arccy 1y agowhat do those things have to do with Ruby? whereas DHH has a clear link