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kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org ·
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How Ruby Went Off the Rails

www.404media.co

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How Ruby Went Off the Rails

www.404media.co

kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org ·
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What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.

EDIT: archive link https://web.archive.org/web/20250929132913/https://www.404media.co/how-ruby-went-off-the-rails/

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  • Jul (they/she)@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    More evidence that although I love the idea of the MIT license, it is not good when large corporate interests and their money get involved. It’s too easy for the code to get scooped up and relicensed or just hidden away. Copyleft licensed projects are the only ones I’ll work on anymore.

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      IP and copyright are both tools used to control individuals, not corporations. We are seeing the reality in realtime with LLMs disregarding them wholesale.

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    In general, is it worth to make an account to read on this website?

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      in general, yes. 404 is a reader-funded tech news site, staffed by a bunch of experienced, professional tech journalists. That said, I don’t blame people for asking for an archive link.

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    My 20 year dislike of RoR is finally justified, regardless of me not seeing this coming.

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      I mean sure, it was a bit buggy, but holding a 20 year grudge on Risk of Rain seems excessive. Especially considering it came out only 12 years ago.

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      Same. I didn’t use RoR before it was cool.

      (Honestly I just didn’t like the syntax of Ruby and there were tons of great alternatives already by the time I was looking)

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    Paywall

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      Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20250929132913/https://www.404media.co/how-ruby-went-off-the-rails/

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        Than you.

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    Insanely good headline

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      I believe not going with that hed will get you executed in an unfortunate press accident.

      Like running a sports hed of “Niagara Loses.”

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    Let’s hope that a mastodon rewrite is coming.

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    I am honestly happy that i jumped off the Ruby ship about ten years ago. Rails was both a blessing and a curse of a beautiful language.

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