Jan Lehnardt Sep 24, 2025

Okay so this was a hostile takeover. The Ruby community needs to get their house in order.

And one more note, I assume it is implied in the write up, but you might now know: DHH is on the board of directors of Shopify. He exerts tremendous organisational and financial power.

It’s hilarious he’s threatened by three devs with a hobby project and is willing to burn his community’s reputation over it.
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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/

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Show threadMcNeely

@janl the CEO of Shopify is not without his own issues*, why does so much blame go so much to DHH and his influence and not get shared?

*To my knowledge Tobi is not so radicalized but I'm neither a Rubyist or Canadian so I may have just not seen it.

Sep 24, 2025 at 12:55pmWeb
Show threadJan Lehnardt Sep 24, 2025
@McNeely Tobi is on record defending Shopify’s right to fund the alt right via hosting their online shops.
Show threadMcNeelySep 24, 2025
@janl yeah I guess what I am asking is why does Shopify's involvement automatically mean its DHH pulling strings? That's the missing part I don't get all of this
Show threadJan Lehnardt Sep 24, 2025
@McNeely it doesn’t but it’d be odd if not.