We want to move Ruby forward(andre.arko.net)
andre.arko.net
We want to move Ruby forward
https://andre.arko.net/2025/10/26/we-want-to-move-ruby-forward/
6 comments
> the former maintainers will step back entirely from the RubyGems and Bundler projects, leaving them fully and completely to Matz, and by extension to the entire Ruby community.
So... not the entire Ruby community. And specifically not people who put in the work so far. What is with this weird phrasing?
So... not the entire Ruby community. And specifically not people who put in the work so far. What is with this weird phrasing?
Incredibly mature response, turning the other cheek.
If by turning the other cheek you mean threatening to try trademark IP he didn't create and use it as leverage to stop RubyCentral's potential legal action against him then sure..
Yeah, that's a red flag they didn't address. Other people raised a similar concern in /r/ruby but Joel called them an asshole & then edited his comment to hide the insult.
As a former Rubyist, I still shake my head at:
- Matz letting things evolve too much on their own since the beginning of Ruby and not carefully adding new features. People made fun of it because there are too many ways of doing things (bloat).
- I think DHH did a great job, but then he let go too much to the wrong people.
- All the Zed stuff, massive changes in Rails in 4.x, then Ember (adapters to well-used frameworks would’ve been so much better), then 7 was just too different.
- Ruby 2.7.7 / poor handling of mac amd arch. This killed it for me.
- MRuby and Crystal.
- When Rails lost a big part of the community to Elixir.
- Matz letting things evolve too much on their own since the beginning of Ruby and not carefully adding new features. People made fun of it because there are too many ways of doing things (bloat).
- I think DHH did a great job, but then he let go too much to the wrong people.
- All the Zed stuff, massive changes in Rails in 4.x, then Ember (adapters to well-used frameworks would’ve been so much better), then 7 was just too different.
- Ruby 2.7.7 / poor handling of mac amd arch. This killed it for me.
- MRuby and Crystal.
- When Rails lost a big part of the community to Elixir.
Andre's new condition is to have a "legal agreement" to settle "legal claims". I suppose a court of law looks unfavorably upon him registering a false trademark and ssh'ing into a former company's service from a foreign country (among other acts).
Partly due those revelations, Andre's supporters seemed to have simmered down recently. I assume word has put out that further oversharing and politiking would be legally consequential.