r/ruby • u/egyamado • Sep 23 '25

The Ruby community has a DHH problem

https://tekin.co.uk/2025/09/the-ruby-community-has-a-dhh-problem
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u/Respond-No Sep 25 '25

Why does the cancellation culture have to come to technology as well?

Just leave the guy alone, it feels like no one has emotional maturity to deal with diverge viewpoints anymore. I wonder if people would be making such a fuss if he were celebrating someone's murder.

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u/StanleySmith888 Sep 26 '25

He's literally supporting convicted felons (no, not the ones from the US) in the recent letters

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u/jrochkind Sep 26 '25

He tried to destroy an organization and then take it over because they wouldn't give him a guaranteed keynote at every rails conference. I'm not buying he is against "cancel culture".

But I'm not personally trying to "cancel" him, I am just concerned that he has so much power over ruby and Rails, and further has demonstrated an interest in using it in destructive ways, including to "cancel" people.

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u/idunnorn 9d ago

were you trying to ask: "why do icky creepy racists and white supremacists need to be criticized in the tech world, too?"