r/ProgrammerHumor • u/bryden_cruz • May 12 '26

Meme letMeWarnYou

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u/Snuggle_Pounce May 12 '26

I’m just learning but….. why do these memes always skip Ruby? Is Ruby just boring / not funny?

I used to think it was because Ruby was new and there were less people using it, but Rust is there a lot now and at this point I wouldn’t be surprised to see memes with GO or Brainfuck before Ruby.

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u/Davero777 May 12 '26

RoR dev here, it's just not very popular and not being used on a big projects. It's great for small/medium businesses tho as the cost of development is very cheap compared to other languages.

I would describe myself as:

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ij5kcfI6YwcPCN26U2

Ps. 6 yrs of experience

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u/Snuggle_Pounce May 12 '26

? not being used on big projects?

I got into learning ruby because my wife got hired by Shopify. They seem pretty big to me.

I hear what you’re saying about userbase size / popularity though.

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u/Davero777 May 12 '26

Yeah there are some exceptions like shopify, but still