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summary
Satirical manifesto that makes concrete claims: it calls for shutting down hero worship, demands negotiation with JavaScript, and urges a temporary migration to elixir and rust while rebuilding Ruby’s ecosystem. Mentions specific tools and incidents — Bundler, Mongrel, ActiveRecord rewrites, RSpec, CoffeeScript — and boasts two gems made today, a Rubicon report under code audit, “30,000 deleted emails,” and 1,000 Make Ruby Great Again stickers. Shows examples, numbers, and a company (TestDouble) hiring and shipping screencasts; decides by whether that mix of provocation plus concrete anecdotes matters to the viewer.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and persona
- 1:02The history of Ruby heroes
- 3:36Ruby's golden age and decline
- 5:43Critique of current leadership
- 9:35The case for weirdness
- 11:51Negotiating with competitors
- 16:03A call to action for users
- 19:26Deconstruction and final advice
