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sailor mercury @sailorhg
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i'm not a neutral party on rubytogether obviously. but i do have receipts. should i go full kim kardashian? 🍵💅🏼
a year ago, rubytogether received a pretty hatefully written ultimatum letter from prominent members of the ruby community, telling them andré should step down.
i also know that everyone who wrote the original email to rubytogether never talked to andré about any of the issues beforehand, even when he months before had asked for feedback in private conversation.
is this really an issue about open communication if andré asks if you have any feedback for him, you say no, and then you write the ruby together board an ultimatum letter?
andré emailed many of the letter writers individually, asking if they'd like to discuss concerns. the few who responded had productive conversations with andré and had all their concerns addressed and fixed. but most did not respond.
the same people who refused to engage with andré when he emailed asking if they'd like to talk are now tweeting about how andré is ignoring them, or blocking them, and that he's closed himself off to feedback.
one part of me wants him to make that original ultimatum letter public. you'd be surprised how petty and hateful some of your ruby favs can be when they're acting in private.
andré and ruby together continue to ask for feedback but everyone continues to give it in ultimatum letters or expose blog posts.
dhh even threatened to create his own fork of bundler if andré didn't listen to his demands. these letter writers think they're on the high road but... they're really not 😑
most of the letter writers said that it was unethical for andré to get paid for open source work from a non profit that he founded. these letter writers themselves get paid by companies to work on open source.
anyway, i support andré, i support ruby together, and i support the many women, poc, and trans folx that can afford to work on open source bc ruby together can pay for their hours
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