Joel “this is bs” DrapperSep 23, 2025

After listening to about a dozen first-hand accounts, I’ve published what I know so far about the RubyGems takeover.

https://joel.drapper.me/p/rubygems-takeover/

Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover

Ruby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent.

Show threadSebastian Cohnen

@joeldrapper Thank you so much for putting this together! I'm still reading and digesting your post.

In the video you linked Ruby Central forecasts a 1.4M USD budget. Do you happen to know if there is any further breakdown available? It's so difficult to find anything :(

Sep 23, 2025 at 3:33pmWeb