Post #1734344

2025-11-10 22:28 UTC

i spent weeks writing this essay, time i could've spent with my family, enjoying myself, literally anything else it's resonated with hundreds of people, which is nice, thank you all for the nice messages. i didn't cry while writing this essay but i just had a string of dms with a rails core member, and i'm crying now. people who sit on rails core may not feel like David is humiliating them, but i don't think you're paying attention. i'm sad to see that my words were wasted.

Replies (13)

@cap_ybarra@mastodon.social 2025-11-10 22:41

@phillmv i was holding out some hope that this would matter to rails core. i see them more clearly now.

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@gvwilson@mastodon.social 2025-11-10 22:48

@phillmv for what it's worth, your words weren't wasted on me - thank you so much for your courage in writing this.

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@kaspth@ruby.social 2025-11-10 22:55

@phillmv i'm so sorry, I felt much the same when I left the rails core team 3.5 years ago. for what it's worth, your writing really affected me and it accurately captured much of what I have been going through too. thank you

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@afomera@ruby.social 2025-11-10 23:07

@phillmv the words and time you put into things sums up my feelings in such a better way than I could myself when I tried. big thank you for writing it, made me not feel so alone in my thoughts.

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@cassey@ottawa.place 2025-11-10 23:25

@phillmv I think you laid out your case pretty clearly. If someone reads it and concludes they are ultimately fine on team Hamburger Helper, well, that’s still useful info for the rest of us in the Rails community about how to move forward.

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@june@social.nouveau.community 2025-11-10 23:56

@phillmv I hadn't seen your essay, but a colleague of mine forwarded it to me. I've been following the RubyGems saga at the border, having not been a Ruby user, and I felt the sheer grief and anger through the screen. The innocent beginnings, and the trend towards seemingly impossible-to-escape colonization of perceived safe communities, feel like universal touchpoints. Your words weren't wasted on me. Please don't stop writing about this stuff if you think people aren't listening. It needs to be said, especially as fascism and hate spread. Thank you for this essay. I'll pass it along.

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@sagethesagesage@mastodon.social 2025-11-11 02:14

@phillmv I'll join the chorus in saying that this is a beautiful piece. For my money, it was still worth the time. There's a lot that's dark in the world right now, but writing like this, and people like you, give me hope. I'm sorry it's not changing things the way it should, but thank you.

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@hailey@hails.org 2025-11-11 05:35

@phillmv they might look around and not feel that way, but they aren’t paying attention to everyone who’s tuned out and moved on

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@galtzo@ruby.social 2025-11-11 05:40

@phillmv you words may have been wasted on them, but not to many of us. Your efforts are appreciated- I need to find similar words and post them.

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@ashish@mastodon.social 2025-11-11 08:22

@phillmv so sorry to hear that. your words not only resonated with me, but they also inspired me. thank you for spending the time to publish them.

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@mav@masto.hackers.town 2025-11-11 14:44

@phillmv Hang in there friend 🫂 I'm just one idiot on the internet, but I found your words to be quite enlightening.

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@codinghorror@infosec.exchange 2025-11-12 02:09

@phillmv your words were not wasted in any way, at least from my perspective

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@dvshkn@social.treehouse.systems 2025-11-12 03:42

@phillmv I know it doesn't change anything, but your post is the best piece I've read about the entire situation. It also really captured the optimism in the web development space back then, which I think is important for the younger people that couldn't experience it.

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