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How to Start a Ruby Meetup

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Re: How to Start a Ruby Meetup

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Post by manume »

jhbadger wrote: post #17
throwatdem12311 wrote: post #15

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Show me on the doll where DHH hurt you

Seriously, there is more to computing than the Web. I've used Ruby for more than 25 years and never used Rails. I'm a computational biologist and like to use Bioruby to automate various sequence-based tasks. Not as popular as BioPython (or I suppose Bioperl if anyone is still using that), but a similar niche.

That's great, but from my experience, 90% of Rubyists I met are working with Rails. "Divorcing" from Rails is therefore absurd, just stuff people say who don't like DHH for one reason or another.

Re: How to Start a Ruby Meetup

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Post by throwatdem12311 »

manume wrote: post #21
jhbadger wrote: post #17

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Seriously, there is more to computing than the Web. I've used Ruby for more than 25 years and never used Rails. I'm a computational biologist and like to use Bioruby to automate various sequence-based tasks. Not as popular as BioPython (or I suppose Bioperl if anyone is still using that), but a similar niche.

That's great, but from my experience, 90% of Rubyists I met are working with Rails. "Divorcing" from Rails is therefore absurd, just stuff people say who don't like DHH for one reason or another.

We work with Rails but there is more to programming (and Ruby) than work. Sinatra micro services were a thing for a while. Hanami is decent. But the reason we use Rails is pretty simple…it’s great, easy to onboard developers, it’s battle tested, well maintained and has a massive ecosystem.

I don’t even care that DHH is a Nazi because you know what I can use it for non-Nazi stuff and there’s nothing he can do about it. I get his labour for free. He’s like my little Nazi monkey slave.

Re: How to Start a Ruby Meetup

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Post by dzonga »

throwatdem12311 wrote: post #22
manume wrote: post #21

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That's great, but from my experience, 90% of Rubyists I met are working with Rails. "Divorcing" from Rails is therefore absurd, just stuff people say who don't like DHH for one reason or another.

We work with Rails but there is more to programming (and Ruby) than work. Sinatra micro services were a thing for a while. Hanami is decent. But the reason we use Rails is pretty simple…it’s great, easy to onboard developers, it’s battle tested, well maintained and has a massive ecosystem. I don’t even care that DHH is a Nazi because you know what I can use it for non-Nazi stuff and there’s nothing he can do about it…

this is great example of framing.

my take I use ruby a lot too - DHH might be disagreeable - but the one thing is one bright light i.e Rails ends up dimming the others. so when it cracks - like it did - people go to the next room, even though the current room has enough light.

Re: How to Start a Ruby Meetup

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Post by arthurcolle »

stavros wrote: post #20
mmarian wrote: post #19

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That's crazy. A dev meetup in Northampton UK has backlog for 10 months of talks. Although it is generalist.

I run the Python meetup in Thessaloniki, Greece, and it's exhausting trying to find speakers.I frequently skip months because nobody wants to present anything, and we aim to have two presentations on each meetup. I'm almost always the second presenter, and sometimes I'll do both presentations myself (or just skip that month's event). It is exhausting, and people do always ask when the next one is, but my reply of "wh…

Someone should do a Delphi meetup at Delphi

Re: How to Start a Ruby Meetup

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Post by stavros »

arthurcolle wrote: post #24
stavros wrote: post #20

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I run the Python meetup in Thessaloniki, Greece, and it's exhausting trying to find speakers.I frequently skip months because nobody wants to present anything, and we aim to have two presentations on each meetup. I'm almost always the second presenter, and sometimes I'll do both presentations myself (or just skip that month's event). It is exhausting, and people do always ask when the next one is, but my reply of "wh…

Someone should do a Delphi meetup at Delphi

About thirty years too late, or two thousand years too late, depending on your viewpoint.
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