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  1. dkubb revised this gist Jun 9, 2015. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 5 deletions.
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    Just do, make sure my swearing is preserved.

    dkubb [1:01 PM]
    haha
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    mbj [1:02 PM]
    (And include that I want my swearing to be preserved :P)
    haha
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    dkubb [12:34 PM]
    I feel solnic’s pain in trying to swim against the current

    dkubb [12:44 PM]
    https://twitter.com/dkubb/status/608359066172313600
    Dan Kubb@dkubb
    .@rubyfive @_solnic_ has done great things for ruby, and your dismissive tone to his valid criticism only hurts the community.
    Today at 12:44 PM

    mbj [12:47 PM]
    Yeah. As I use a dismissive tone against ruby I could not complain for that. But solnic is more nice than me he does not deserve this.

    dkubb [12:48 PM]
    hehe

    dkubb [12:48 PM]
    I just listened to it and it bugged me how they responded to it

    mbj [12:49 PM]
    I'd just ignore them.

    dkubb [12:49 PM]
    yeah

    dkubb [12:49 PM]
    still, solnic pretty much only does OSS that benefits others

    dkubb [12:49 PM]
    he’s not running a code school and trying to make tons of money off the ruby community

    dkubb [12:49 PM]
    I think that’s the root of many people’s fears, in criticizing ruby they feel you are attacking their livelihood (edited)

    mbj [12:50 PM]
    Its not showing technical counter arguments. So fuck them. Also its very likely their target audience is disjunct from the people solnic actually can successfully address.

    dkubb [12:50 PM]
    I don’t self-identify as a ruby developer anymore

    mbj [12:51 PM]
    In no way I do this.

    mbj [12:51 PM]
    I'm past that point for 6month. The turn point was visiting that Idris guys.

    mbj [12:51 PM]
    I'm just a developer with special skills maintaining legacy (ruby) code bases.

    dkubb [12:52 PM]
    It’s ironic that the very people who are riding on the back of @_solnic_’s work are criticizing him

    mbj [12:53 PM]
    Yeah, virtus is sorta a missing data transform layer in rails.

    mbj [12:53 PM]
    Not that I like virtus, I consider it inappropriate for input valdiation mapping and even domain modelling (that should NOT do coercions). But its a great piece of work that helped lots of people to deliver stuff.

    mbj [12:53 PM]
    And solnic knows (actually shares) my concerns.

    dkubb [12:56 PM]
    one other common argument people use is “why are you complaining without offering a solution?” .. this bugs me because while it is sometimes possible for one person to identify a problem, it’s often outside of their ability to form an acceptable solution in their own

    mbj [12:56 PM]
    Yeah, that argument is dump.

    dkubb [12:56 PM]
    it makes me think the people who respond like that are only used to dealing with trivial problems

    dkubb [12:56 PM]
    hard problems require discussion

    mbj [12:57 PM]
    If a solution "rails" is dump its not the solution to write another rails (why it should not be dump, if its just a rails). It needs to be fundementally different, and for that reason it will not be comparable.

    mbj [12:57 PM]
    Its like comparing Atomic with Coal powerplants.

    dkubb [12:57 PM]
    the old approach isn’t working so you need a new approach

    dkubb [12:57 PM]
    not the old approach retried

    mbj [12:57 PM]
    Yeah, and even if you *did* a new approach people will say: Still you did not do your own rails.

    dkubb [12:58 PM]
    heh, yeah, especially when that’s kind of the point

    mbj [12:58 PM]
    exactly. You can never make those people happy.

    mbj [12:58 PM]
    The argument "Do better for your own" is basically saying: I'm out of arguments :wink:

    mbj [12:59 PM]
    Not that piotr did not wrote what could be used to assemble a framework (virtus, rom) ...

    mbj [12:59 PM]
    he Is *de-facto* working on a stack.

    dkubb [12:59 PM]
    he’s doing more than most others

    mbj [1:00 PM]
    We should share him the last 100 lines of discussion, so he does not feel alone out there :wink:

    dkubb [1:00 PM]
    The comments from ruby5 is yet more positive reinforcement that the ruby community is actually dying.

    mbj [1:01 PM]
    This is expected.

    mbj [1:01 PM]
    Ruby does not scale for complex apps.

    mbj [1:01 PM]
    People grow up with ruby, and the more they grow up the more complex are their apps.

    dkubb [1:01 PM]
    you can put it in a public gist and link to it in a public tweet if you want. I have nothing to hide with my comments

    mbj [1:01 PM]
    And soon they must move to another platform to fullfill the demands of a more complex app.

    dkubb [1:01 PM]
    or I can

    mbj [1:01 PM]
    Just do, make sure my swearing is preserved.

    dkubb [1:01 PM]
    haha
    NEW MESSAGES

    mbj [1:02 PM]
    (And include that I want my swearing to be preserved :P)