> Another thing I don't like about Ruby is how much the community has embraced the Clean Code brand of readability snake oil.
This also puts me off every time, and I've dealt with people who embrace this a lot as a Ruby programmer. Fortunately, you can ignore them and still enjoy writing Ruby code the way you want.
I am not suggesting Jeremy Evans simply because of politics. I think he's very underrated in the community and the work he does is incredible. Having interacted with him a number of times, he's been really helpful and pleasant. I think those qualities make him a good candidate.
This also puts me off every time, and I've dealt with people who embrace this a lot as a Ruby programmer. Fortunately, you can ignore them and still enjoy writing Ruby code the way you want.