I've never understood the love for Ruby. The language doesn't do anything special from what I can tell, and the most well known Ruby dude DHH is a huge piece of shit. (You don't even need to know about his racist remarks to dislike him. Just watch him talk about anything, he has that Sam Altman dead reptile energy.)
this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2025
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