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.

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@joeldrapper "Sidekiq withdrew its $250,000/year sponsorship for Ruby Central because they platformed DHH at RailsConf 2025."

Oh wow

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@can @joeldrapper Wow do they need a lot of cash. If I look on what kind of resources a project like Debian runs on.
Sep 23, 2025 at 6:49pmWeb