Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
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He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic.
Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
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3d ago
@molly0xfff I think you’re doing great, if that helps
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
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3d ago
@jasongorman you click on one David Hasselhoff news article, and suddenly you get Hasselhoff ads and articles pushed at you for the next 6 months. Sometimes it’s not even a clic, it’s lingering with a link on your screen for too long.
I mean even if I like the Hoff, I’d don’t need him pushed into my life like that.
I mean even if I like the Hoff, I’d don’t need him pushed into my life like that.
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
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4d ago
@Schneems I posted a snarky response to the other RC sponsorship post today, but deleted it after reading this.
I’m not forgetting, but with the executive director gone I can start to feel that right decisions will be made. I have nothing against her as a person, but I do think her leadership was poor in her tenure, leading to the fracture. There’s nothing today’s RC can do about that now.
So, rather than being snarky, I will be silent/not a detractor, and privately root for this turnaround.
I’m not forgetting, but with the executive director gone I can start to feel that right decisions will be made. I have nothing against her as a person, but I do think her leadership was poor in her tenure, leading to the fracture. There’s nothing today’s RC can do about that now.
So, rather than being snarky, I will be silent/not a detractor, and privately root for this turnaround.
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
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Apr 12, 2026
Yellow onions are superior to red onions.
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
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Apr 12, 2026
Realistically I think AI is creating security vulnerabilities that are huge, glaring problems far outpacing the vulnerabilities they are catching.
Remember Moltbook, for example?
Remember Moltbook, for example?
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
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Apr 10, 2026
@tom_geraghty this was one of my favorite museums from my travels in Europe. Very unique
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
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Apr 04, 2026
@obsidian wow, growing +33% is huge
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
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Apr 02, 2026
I really need to start meditating again.
It’s weird how some obviously-positive habits can be hard for me to keep.
It’s weird how some obviously-positive habits can be hard for me to keep.
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
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Apr 02, 2026
@esparta@ruby.social good article, bad headline. Honestly this was a major step towards healing because Schneems didn’t weasel out of explaining what happened
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
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Mar 31, 2026
@Schneems This doesn’t change my viewpoint much about what happened, but is the most transparency we’ve gotten from RC about the fracture, thank you for that.
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
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Mar 31, 2026
@Schneems thanks you for writing this.
I have a couple more questions.
Give the connection between github access and the production system, why wasn’t that addressed directly by taking technical measures to separate that? It seems like that’s where RC feels like they own the org, and from many peoples’ POVs they don’t.
Given that connection, how does it make sense to pass org ownership to Matz / Ruby Core?
If this was a legal thing about Andre/logs, why not send him a legal notice “don’t”?
I have a couple more questions.
Give the connection between github access and the production system, why wasn’t that addressed directly by taking technical measures to separate that? It seems like that’s where RC feels like they own the org, and from many peoples’ POVs they don’t.
Given that connection, how does it make sense to pass org ownership to Matz / Ruby Core?
If this was a legal thing about Andre/logs, why not send him a legal notice “don’t”?
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
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Mar 29, 2026
I have been binge watching Tojima Wants To Be a Kamen Rider, and I don’t know why I’m hooked but I am.
The riders fight each other more than Shocker. I think the background music contributes bigly to my enjoyment.
It’s so cheesy but charming also.
https://crunchyroll.com/series/GT00364945/tojima-wants-to-be-a-kamen-rider
#anime #crunchyroll
The riders fight each other more than Shocker. I think the background music contributes bigly to my enjoyment.
It’s so cheesy but charming also.
https://crunchyroll.com/series/GT00364945/tojima-wants-to-be-a-kamen-rider
#anime #crunchyroll
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
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Mar 25, 2026
Conventional commit format sucks. What you really want is to use git trailers. The subject line of a commit message is PRIME real estate, and shouldn't be wasted on tools
https://alchemists.io/articles/git_trailers
https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/
https://alchemists.io/articles/git_trailers
https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
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Feb 21, 2026
I’m not sure how to respond to well-meaning peoples’ AI PRs. I was looking at an RSpec one, and… it needs a lot of work. That work becomes the reviewer’s, though, and I would almost end up rewriting it myself. I’m glad I am only on the periphery of this stuff
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Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
Bradley Schaefer
@soulcutter@ruby.social
He/him. Ruby developer, sometimes engineering manager, and recovering cynic. Outside of tech: dad, reader of fantasy/sci-fi, player of videogames, haver of tattoos, and fan of baseball and stand-up comedy.
ruby.social
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Jan 28, 2026
A random communication "trick" I've been working on for years is to replace my usage of the word "but" with "and". Avoiding negation feels much clearer, because you come across as less-conflicted. Give it a try.
For example:
We need to frobulate, but that means bingaling
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We need to frobulate, and that means bingaling
For example:
We need to frobulate, but that means bingaling
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We need to frobulate, and that means bingaling
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