ruby
> Unfortunately, after careful consideration, we've decided to move
forward with other candidates who more closely match our requirements for
this role
How I resent this idiotic piece of text, which is put into every damn rejection mail I receive since a year. More than 100 job applications sent out and no damn job afterwards. For fucks sake I was a senior #developer, a master of #ruby who did the last two years at the job #elixir and guess what did all the other #web backend related bullshit. Like administering #postgresql doing the schema, designing the whole architecture of a legacy backend system written in ruby, writing backends, frontends with #javascript and guess what nothing.
I maintained so called #microservices on #linux with fucking #docker which ran on #openshift or in the pedestrian terms "#kubernetes". Nothing!
I started into being a #software #developer through the damn #hacker scene and was a "founding member" (whatever that means) of a #hackerspace out of which I was kicked out and still suffering the emotional scars. But yeah, fuck that I see. And probably I'm at fault 100% because that's what this shitty #shame based society wants to tell everybody.
In my free-time I dabbled with #lisp #smalltalk and #cpp and #clang and #perl and I wrote #python a little for money too and for extending a little #django app at a hackerspace. Yeah, sure this is also worth nothing.
I tried to do #freelancing for 6 months, but guess what the current project market in #europe is shit and therefore nothing on the table for me either. While I find thousands of dimwits on reddits and everywhere, who are telling me that "I'm not an entrepreneur" or that "I deserve X", because they simply don't like what I write or my face.
Yeah sure, I'm 39 and I have no idea to go to, no damn #community and for fucks sake seem to be now going to join team long-term unemployed... because... yeah absolutely no damn fucking idea why I'm in this mess. What I'm supposed to do and obviously nobody fucking cares anyway.
I once dreamed of being "my own man", being that independent developer, coding happy #foss projects and contributing to #opensource and getting paid for that. But no. World says no to that. World says "go and die".
#Ruby / #RubyLang picks of the day:
➡️ @ruby - Official account of Ruby programming language
➡️ @matz - Creator of Ruby
➡️ @rubycentral - Non-profit in US supporting Ruby community, organises RubyConf & RailsConf
➡️ @rooftop - Podcast about Ruby etc
➡️ @hanami - FOSS full-stack Ruby web framework
➡️ @bridgetown - Ruby FOSS progressive site generator & full-stack framework
➡️ @ronin_rb - FOSS Ruby toolkit for security research
➡️ @wnb_rb - Meetings for women & non-binary Ruby users
🧵 1/3
Okay, sports fans, I've restored 4.3.9 on my private server. Yay!
The problem was that I had updated ruby. That caused local extensions to not be found. The solution was to do this:
gem pristine --all
and enjoy a cup of coffee. The errors stopped, everything was happy again, & I restarted the servers.
I'll pin this one on both servers for a while to spread the solution for "Source locally installed gems is ignoring [whatever] because it is missing extensions."
🍽️ Tonight's #RailsConf #WNB_rb dinner is happening! We will be gathering at Victory Brewery at 7:00pm!
This year’s dinner isn’t sponsored, but we can reimburse up to $25 of your meal if cost is a barrier.
As always, anyone who identifies as a woman or nonbinary person is welcome, and we ask that everyone follows the WNB.rb Code of Conduct https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e_AuYVtvHi_Mvijga6T0YxrnpDSoJtuz0R20IMliG_I/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.387gnfti0khh
We’d love to see you there! 💖
#ruby #rails #railsconf #railsconf2025
🚀 WNB.rb Meetup Alert! 🚀
Join us Tuesday, August 26th at Noon Eastern for "Spinning Multiple Plates: A Guide to Concurrency in Rails" with Harriet Oughton!
Ever wondered how Rails keeps your app performant behind the scenes? Harriet will peel back the curtain on Rails magic and show us the threading and concurrency that powers it all.
Senior developer at Zivio + Rails Foundation contractor
🔗 Join us: https://discord.gg/ZuRU2WQG?event=1407366305480183830
🤖 WNB.rb Meetup Alert!
Join us Tuesday, September 30th at Noon Eastern for "Thoughtful AI for the Rubyist" with @christine!
Ever wondered how to make AI work for you without losing that Ruby magic? Christine will show us how to integrate AI tools into our Ruby workflow while keeping our code elegant and intentional.
Ruby enthusiast + lifetime learner - Christine brings practical wisdom with a bit of humor or at least she thinks so 😉
🔗 Join us: https://discord.gg/bd9ZHBB8?event=1414956005699096686
Programming/coding people, need your advice.
It looks like very nasty things have been going on in the Ruby world lately with DHH's vile behaviour (https://tekin.co.uk/2025/09/the-ruby-community-has-a-dhh-problem) and the bizarre takeover of RubyGems (https://pup-e.com/goodbye-rubygems.pdf).
I've removed Ruby Central & official Ruby account from Fedi.Directory but left other Ruby accounts listed.
Is this okay? Are grassroots Ruby people decent, problems are with the leadership? Or is using Ruby inherently problematic?
WNB.rb October Meetup!
Join us Tuesday, October 28th at 1PM Eastern for two fantastic talks:
Life On Rails Edge: Takeaways for Knockout Upgrades by Jill Klang
Music composition with Ruby by Sandra Kpodar
From fearless Rails upgrades to composing music in Ruby, this meetup blends practical engineering with creative exploration.
Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/fFT3wmvJFt
#Ruby #Rails #Upgrades #MusicTech #WomenInTech #WNBrb #nonbinaryInTech
