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How Ruby Went Off the Rails (www.404media.co)
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EDIT: archive link https://web.archive.org/web/20250929132913/https://www.404media.co/how-ruby-went-off-the-rails/

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[–] ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 1 points 21 hours ago

Sounds like there's enough here to start a fork.

[–] irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

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

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Also, Gearbox only got involved like last year

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago

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)

[–] artiman@piefed.social 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Insanely good headline

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 7 points 2 days ago

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

Like running a sports hed of "Niagara Loses."

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

That sounds good, thank you.

[–] Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Let's hope that a mastodon rewrite is coming.

[–] rozodru@piefed.social 1 points 9 hours ago

I host my own Akkoma instance and it's great. easier to set up than Mastodon, more light weight, etc. Only downside is the UI is a bit of a cluster and you really need to do some editing to make it look decent. Haven't had any issues interacting with anyone on Mastodon and what have you.

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Paywall