Well I would say it was a combination of the two that has led to whatever degree of fame it is that he now possesses. If he hadn't written Mongrel and been qui

Well I would say it was a combination of the two that has led to whatever degree of fame it is that he now possesses. If he hadn't written Mongrel and been quite well known in the Ruby/Rails community, in close contact with some of the core members of that community, no one would have noticed when he did his "Rails is a Ghetto" bridge burning rant.